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Skriven 2008-03-22 08:08:19 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
  Kommentar till text 13321 av Jeff Bowman (1:229/500)
Ärende: Republicans....
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JD>> Now look at it again.  Just because you disagree with some segments of a
JD>> site, like YouTube does not mean that all segments are that way.  I have
JD>> seen some extremely conservative comments and bias in some of the pages
JD>> there.

 JB> The thing about Youtube is that it's usually raw unadulterated footage,
 JB> many times posted from various sources and people.  Sometimes folks are
 JB> afraid to watch such things because it changes their preconceived notions
 JB> of a particular reality.  Instead of watching and saying "that's wrong,
 JB> and this is why", or maybe admitting "that may be true, but I still have a
 JB> different opinion of (insert subject) than you", they instead say "I don't
 JB> have to watch it to know it's wrong", or "it's out of context", and the
 JB> discussion is over. I've seen it before unfortunately, and not just
 JB> regarding Youtube, nor just regarding political stuff, and there's nothing
 JB> I can do to change such a mindset in people.

So now you see that it's no use to discuss with fanatics. They only believe in
what they themself think is true and reported by those they believe in and
everything else is just wrong and denying to even check out other sources....

 JB> All I can say is that I've been wrong in the past about things that I
 JB> sometimes was fairly adamant about, all because I was too silly to go
 JB> confirm something from multiple sources instead of one that was obviously
 JB> wrong to start with.  Here on Fidonet, if I'm not sure about something,
 JB> I've tried to check up on it to some degree, or try to post whatever proof
 JB> makes me think that way. Or if someone disagrees, I might see if what they
 JB> had to say may have been right (when applicable). The last thing I want to
 JB> do is look stupid, especially when I've only been here a few weeks!  Not
 JB> to mention, I've learned a thing or three in the process.

It's just to try to have an open mind and try to see it from other angles than
the
own. Not much is either white or black but try to say that to a fanatic.

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