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.

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