• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I have other things to do rather than “saving my face” on a random political forum. I commented using my own personal opinion and I didn’t ask for a discussion. Of course most of the people are going to disagree and they do have the right to do so. Also, everyone has their own moral beliefs and value of facts. Mine are just not common

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      9 months ago

      Look, if your personal opinion of the moon is that it’s a hologram, it’s definitely worth less than, say, Buzz Aldrin’s opinion of the moon being made of rock.

      I don’t know who told you a personal opinion is worth exactly as much as someone else’s, but they were wrong.

      Giving value to bad opinions like “Oh Trump won we gotta storm the capitol” or “Vaccines cause autism” or “Nuclear is worse than coal” and refusing to engage with all evidence of the contrary and just leaving the conversation by saying “Mine are just not common” is an extremely unhealthy way to be a part of society. I live in Australia and the bush fires are getting worse. There’s a noticeable cost of lives and livelihoods. You’re not saving millions of lives from a nuclear meltdown by tearing down nuclear plants. You’re putting millions of lives in danger from climate disasters by tearing down nuclear plants.

      I hope you change for the better.

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        9 months ago

        I’d say I define a “personal opinion/belief” and a “scientific fact-proven piece of information” as different things. Personal opinions may be inspired by and dependent on religions, preferences, radical moral positions and other things (fact-proven information can be like that too but it’s different). Though I don’t know if it’s any right

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        9 months ago

        Yes because I’m trying to be above the arguing masses. Though I do admit that I’m still not that good at it unfortunately

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          9 months ago

          Conflict avoidance does not make you better than the “arguing masses.” In fact, it is my opinion that it is quite pathetic to try to place youself above others and I’m getting radical centrist vibes from you.