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Fair enough. Although disliking a person for their ideas seems rather petty, don't you agree?

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  > Although disliking a person for their ideas seems rather petty, don't you agree? No. I'd argue that ideas are pretty much the most relevant and least petty bases for (liking or) disliking a person.
  • grinnbearit 12y ago
    I'd argue that its their reaction to new ideas (as one point), I've met plenty of people who've held opposing views but were open to discussing them. Eventually either they changed or I changed. Nothing to dislike about them.
    • dragonwriter 12y ago
      The idea that one should be respectfully open to discussing and entertaining differing ideas is, I would say, an important idea. Certainly, more generally, there are certain ideas that I personally think are more important factors in liking or disliking than other ideas. But I can't think of much that isn't an idea that is more relevant to like/dislike than ideas.
      • grinnbearit 12y ago
        The problem is then deciding which ideas are deserving of debate and which should label the thinker "dislikable" What rule could I use that overcomes my biases and makes that decision?
        • lotsofmangos 12y ago
          You can debate ideas with those you dislike. Disliking someone does not require you to be uncivil.