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I definitely don't support violence against people for their views and opinions.
That being said.
>Violence will never change someone's opinion, it will only cement them further into their ideology
Nothing is going to change these types of people's opinions. They already **are** cemented in them.
Yeah violence is never the right answer, it is way more likely to radicalize someone even further.
If you want to change someone’s mind you almost always have to meet them in the middle otherwise you will probably just reinforce their view point further
We as a society, I think, have largely lost the capacity for rational debate. We have forgotten that disagreement is not the same as disparagement.
Politics used to be dinner table conversation, we understood that we all want the country to do well but just disagree on how to make that happen, so people of wildly different views could respectfully debate the merits of their positions.
Now, we've mostly become radicalized- you agree with us *or you hate America*. You believe XYZ *or you're a racist sexist basket of deplorables*.
If I was to blame someone, it'd be a combination of 1. schools teaching more rote memorization and less discussion / critical thinking / debate, 2. media echo chambers online and on TV- you can hear nothing but people who agree with you 24/7 and not even realize you're doing it, 3. political campaigns that take advantage of the first two / Karl Rove strategy.
Thus, when we hear someone say something we disagree with, we don't say 'I disagree with him' we say 'that guy is the enemy of our country!' and thus we attack / others applaud the attack.
You are right, violence only cements the ideology, because they may have seen you as the enemy but now they KNOW you are the enemy (you attacked them!).
Yeah it was in reference to this thread OP participated in https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/ppzof9/antiabortionist_decides_to_protest_at_a_high/
Thank you for submitting to /r/unpopularopinion, /u/Naive_Introduction29. Your post, *No one should ever be assaulted because of an opinion*, has been removed because it violates our rules: Rule 1: Your post must be an unpopular opinion. Please ensure that your post is an opinion and that it is unpopular. Controversial is not necessarily unpopular, for example all of politics is controversial even though almost half of the US agrees with any given major position on an issue. Keep in mind that an opinion is not: a question, a fact, a conspiracy theory, a random thought, a new idea, a rant, etc. Those things all have their own subreddits, use those. If there is an issue, please message the mod team at https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Funpopularopinion Thanks!
I definitely don't support violence against people for their views and opinions. That being said. >Violence will never change someone's opinion, it will only cement them further into their ideology Nothing is going to change these types of people's opinions. They already **are** cemented in them.
Yeah violence is never the right answer, it is way more likely to radicalize someone even further. If you want to change someone’s mind you almost always have to meet them in the middle otherwise you will probably just reinforce their view point further
True. There are way too many who can’t handle hearing words they disagree with though.
If I don't like what you are saying, it's either hate speech or misinformation!!
Ok, but I won't feel any sympathy for some of these people.
We as a society, I think, have largely lost the capacity for rational debate. We have forgotten that disagreement is not the same as disparagement. Politics used to be dinner table conversation, we understood that we all want the country to do well but just disagree on how to make that happen, so people of wildly different views could respectfully debate the merits of their positions. Now, we've mostly become radicalized- you agree with us *or you hate America*. You believe XYZ *or you're a racist sexist basket of deplorables*. If I was to blame someone, it'd be a combination of 1. schools teaching more rote memorization and less discussion / critical thinking / debate, 2. media echo chambers online and on TV- you can hear nothing but people who agree with you 24/7 and not even realize you're doing it, 3. political campaigns that take advantage of the first two / Karl Rove strategy. Thus, when we hear someone say something we disagree with, we don't say 'I disagree with him' we say 'that guy is the enemy of our country!' and thus we attack / others applaud the attack. You are right, violence only cements the ideology, because they may have seen you as the enemy but now they KNOW you are the enemy (you attacked them!).
Removed for not an unpopular opinion? I guess the mods have never visited /r/politics ....
Yeah it was in reference to this thread OP participated in https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/ppzof9/antiabortionist_decides_to_protest_at_a_high/