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0 pointsdavidmurdoch3y ago0 comments

I'm only referring to those who build these complete echo chambers on social media. For relatively mentally stable adults it's good to know about and consider dissenting opinions, especially so if you publish your own opinions, like the author. I completely agree that a bit of head-in-the-sand can be quite good for mental health and happiness.

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zimpenfish3y ago

> it's good to know about and consider dissenting opinions

There's dissenting opinions like "I like team A" vs "I like team B" and then there's dissenting opinions like "I think LGBTQ+ people should have rights" vs "I think LGBTQ+ people should be rounded up / banned from public / have no rights".

davidmurdochOP3y ago

Not exactly fair in the extremism on both sides.

If you don't know about or consider alternate viewpoints could you really have productive discourse with a person that aligns with those viewpoints?

Most people that you'd meet or talk to that may disagree on LGBTQ aren't extremist, they are more along the lines of "a children's cartoon about dinosaurs shouldn't have multiple lesbian make out scenes" or "Disney is indoctrinating children", or "just because I wouldn't date someone of the opposite sex doesn't make me homophobic".

zimpenfish3y ago

> could you really have productive discourse with a person that aligns with those viewpoints?

There is no discourse you can have with a person who believes that LGBTQ+ people have fewer rights than others.

> "a children's cartoon about dinosaurs shouldn't have multiple lesbian make out scenes"

Now that I would like to see. Which one was it?

> "Disney is indoctrinating children"

There's no discourse you can have with someone claiming such a bizarre viewpoint. It's like flat earthers.

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davidmurdochOP3y ago

I'm curious which parts of the above is deserving of downvotes?

Kye3y ago

Your faulty assumption is that social media is someone's only input. Why can't I have a nice little oasis to chill at between battles for my right to live?

davidmurdochOP3y ago

Social media is probably the broadest input most people can get.

Kye3y ago

Shallow exposure to other experiences never told me much. People hold back out of fear of harassment in a place as public and algorithmically tuned toward creating negative experiences as Twitter. Mastodon and the fediverse improve on that slightly by not having the algorithm, but there's still harassment.

I certainly don't reveal my whole self on social media. I open up a bit more in places with good moderation like this, or places where I control the comments like my blog.

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zimpenfish3y ago

> it's good to know about and consider dissenting opinions

davidmurdochOP3y ago

Not exactly fair in the extremism on both sides.

If you don't know about or consider alternate viewpoints could you really have productive discourse with a person that aligns with those viewpoints?

zimpenfish3y ago

> could you really have productive discourse with a person that aligns with those viewpoints?

There is no discourse you can have with a person who believes that LGBTQ+ people have fewer rights than others.

> "a children's cartoon about dinosaurs shouldn't have multiple lesbian make out scenes"

Now that I would like to see. Which one was it?

> "Disney is indoctrinating children"

There's no discourse you can have with someone claiming such a bizarre viewpoint. It's like flat earthers.

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davidmurdochOP3y ago

I'm curious which parts of the above is deserving of downvotes?

Kye3y ago

Your faulty assumption is that social media is someone's only input. Why can't I have a nice little oasis to chill at between battles for my right to live?

davidmurdochOP3y ago

Social media is probably the broadest input most people can get.

Kye3y ago

I certainly don't reveal my whole self on social media. I open up a bit more in places with good moderation like this, or places where I control the comments like my blog.

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