Subj : Re: bell's way, and batts
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Sep 01 2025 10:51:16

> MP>I also think there is some relation to the love of "yes" men that we have
>   >touched on in another echo.  Somehow we've crossed over a boundary where
>   >most people could take constructive criticism to a place where few people
>   >can.

> Yes and in a lot of cases what is right or wrong, and to what degree,
> is highly subjective. We seem to get a lot of the opinions from small
> groups of people rather than hearing or caring about the opinion of
> the majority of people these days.

This!

> At one time the idea of what was wrong or right was decided by the
> majority. That may not have always worked out well for smaller
> groups of people but I think the only thing worse than the majority
> deciding things is a group representing a tiny percentage of people
> dictating things for everyone else.

And also this!

IMHO, one way the small groups do this is that they get enough people swayed
from the larger group, by playing on their feelings/emotions at the expense
of logic and facts.

> Funny thing.. I watched a movie the other night, not too old
> (2022) and there was something about it that had me so amazed
> that I was telling others about it..

> The entire cast of the movie with the exception of one minor
> chinese character were all white and heterosexual.
> There's probably a message in there somewhere that that struck
> me as totally amazing..

Don't talk about it too much or it will get cancelled!  ;)

Mike

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