Subj : Re: Politics
To : DustCouncil
From : Avon
Date : Sat May 14 2022 11:31 am
On 06 Mar 2022 at 10:21a, DustCouncil pondered and said...
Du> If we could measure all of the words and energy spent online advocating
Du> for one political point or another, and somehow quantify it: blood
Du> pressure points, characters or words typed, or number of time spent
Du> doing this, and measured it against a metric of how many people changed
Du> their minds because of a better argument, it'd be interesting to see
Du> that ratio.
Indeed, and for me the key word is argument... discussion of ideological viewpoints is inherently a debate about differing views but if done in a mutually respectful way that does not descend into personal vitriol and with an openness to agree to disagree I think such discussions can serve a purpose. Do I see this happen much, Mmmm... probably not as much as I would like. But for those engaged in such dialogue I have time for them :)
Du> Not that anyone uses my board, but I'd carry (and currently carry) such
Du> echoes but don't subscribe to them. It is hard to understand the
Du> benefit. It creates discord and even hatred between people, without
Du> ever really being illuminating on any level. If discord and anger is
Du> the price, what's the countervailing benefit?
Du>
Du> I don't see one.
Thanks noted. My takeaway is that's a general 'no thanks' for such an echo.
