Uh. Was there discussion on this or was this a unilateral decision?
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Here's a reason - unilateral decisions like that that don't have considerable discussion beforehand basically count as vandalism, especially when laziness is admitted as the reason behind such a sweeping change.
Deleted:
- Anything at all having to do with Religion.
- Going in any direction.
I don't know how you got "all religion is evil" out of that. All the sentence said was that you can find examples of this thinking in any religion.
No, the sentence currently says 'Religion. In any direction. That is all.'
That implies all religious people suffer from this, which is not only untrue, but quite insulting as a religious person who doesn't fit under this trope.
I'll edit that one to read that examples of this happen in every religion or world-view.
It also implies that ONLY religious people suffer from this. In reality, there's no shortage of atheists who are condescending and intolerant toward anyone who has any religious beliefs. I'm an atheist myself, and I'm embarrassed by the arrogant smugness of some of them.
Perhaps the original example should have said something like: "The belief that your particular set of religious beliefs (or lack of them) makes you morally or mentally superior to everyone who doesn't share those beliefs."
Edited by 75.182.67.118"In any direction" means to include both religious people and nonreligious people. I.e., there's opinion myopia on the religious side, and on the atheistic side, toward religion.
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Edited by PixelKnight There's always a song in my heart. Unfortunately, my playlist includes Rick Astley and Darude.Sooo... how is this different from Base Breaker and/or Love It or Hate It?
I'm a Troper!!!Real life examples including on about Hilaire Belloc were removed. What was the reasoning for this? Real famous people could have reacted in shock to unexpected success of themselves or others.
Don't make me destroy you. @ Castle SeriesSome years ago, I said on a message board that I dislike green peppers. One woman insisted that I should like them, apparently because she does.
This really should be considered for No Real Life Examples Please because it seems to be turning into Flame Bait and just people whining that others don't like their opinion. It's also getting dangerously "both sides are equally bad and the answer is always in the middle" with some of the stuff here, like an example I just deleted where someone was trying to suggest that LGBTQ people not respecting people who oppose their equality somehow is Opinion Myopia.
Edited by 216.99.32.43I'm just curious, any sarcasm or irony you might read into this is completely your own projecting, if anyone actually CARES about what other people think about them, barring close friends/family. Who gives a rat's butt what random people on the internet think about your social/economical/sexual/political choices/ideas/concepts?
Hide / Show RepliesIn this day and age, where much of human progress is measured by social contact and fame/popularity, and every second person seems to have serious self-esteem issues? Far too many people, is your answer.
I think it should be noted that the reason people get so myopic is that patterns have such a tendency to appear, misleading as they may be, and give one such a strong impression of consistency.. That is, you think "everyone feels this way" because so goddamn many people that do happen to have been part of your experience. If everything were representative and.. er.. homogenized... well we might have trouble having any opinions at all mightn't we.. Y'know, it's like those optical illusions where you stare at an image a while so your retina will have the negative.
Hide / Show RepliesYou can add that to the description. Just keep in mind this isn't just the myopia, but the inability to accept others not having that opinion.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.Yeah I can't think of a good way to word it.. I was hoping someone had a psychology report that stated something to that effect.
Deleted every example, replaced the example header with a flat "In-universe examples only please". Add examples if you want, but please give me a reason if you just flat-out revert my edit.
There's always a song in my heart. Unfortunately, my playlist includes Rick Astley and Darude. Hide / Show Replies