Octoberist
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- May 13, 2005
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It's the bad and misguided attitude mostly, I think, that annoys me. Not the opinions.
I don't know about that. Plugging your ears and being unwilling to consider other opinions and not allowing your own opinion to change seems like it would just stifle discussion and debate.
For some, ignorance is a way of life.
But as you said, plugging ones ears stubbornly and not considering anyone else's opinions or thoughts (because they can't possibly know anything you don't) basically puts you at the same level as a stubborn farm animal.
The point of conversation and debate is not "winning", but learning and considering new ways of looking at/thinking about things.
What did I expect from a ton of fanboys though?
The fact that at this place everyone is "my opinion is right, yours is wrong - in time you will see that and come join me in the dark side." Um, sorry, but better luck next time. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make them wrong or right. Everyone is different thus they like different things. It's really as simple as that. And anyone who tries to ridicule another's opinion to try to make their own have more weight - well, that shows that you don't have that strong of an opinion to begin with.
Also that doesn't mean those who disagree plug their ears - they just believe and have their opinion and to them their opinion rings truer to them than the opinion of someone else. It all comes back to it being subjective.