06-15-2021, 02:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2021, 04:20 AM by Captain Genet.)
(06-12-2021, 10:47 AM)David Horn Wrote:(06-09-2021, 01:07 PM)Captain Genet Wrote: I was on millennial dominated sites, and I indeed noticed how some users reacted with hate even to vaguely conservative views like mine. I was a "men's right activist" because I don't like radical feminism and don't think girls should wear miniskirts and crop tops to school. I was a Putinist troll because I have East Slavic ancestry and like some Russian thinkers like Tsiolkovsky or Solovyov. Of course all of that according to kids half my age.
So I quit most debate websites, though this one is friendly enough to be an exception.
Any group of zealots will inevitably contain a large number of absolutists who are simply incapable of rational thought. That's true on the left as much as the right, with one caveat: it's vastly more prevalent on today's right. So yes, stupid is not bound by philosophy.
Extreme right, of either theocratic or nationalistic variety, takes absolutism to the extreme of condemning anybody who disagrees with their ideas to hell.
Extreme left takes relativism to the extreme of calling anybody who makes a moral judgement a bully. And since they believe they have a duty to "punch up", they become bullies themselves.
On the site I mentioned there was more bullying from the Left.
What can we do about that?
-Visit websites with people you find relatable. Like for Aspie, fellow Evangelicals
-Cut down on online time in general and find relatable people IRL