Do you expose yourself to different points of view?
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I am often exposed to different points of view when dealing with my friends and family. Generally I have to reel in my naughty, politically incorrect thoughts to a more reasonable, yet extremely right-wing position. I am exposed to other points of view and I understand where they are coming from. I dont ever agree with them though. I am pretty knowledgeable about both sides of the spectrum and am pretty firmly entrenched in my beliefs, especially since most other people I have met are no where near committed to their beliefs as I am. I enjoy an intellectual debate but they usually digress into them calling me a: racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, Nazi, corporate toadie who hates the poor.
jamaicabound
Pelican
These days I can't really stand politics, but I used to be huge into following politics. Obviusly anything framed the right way can make the same issue look good or bad. I used to make it a point to watch Fox News, LIsten ro rush and sean hannity but I'd also listen to NPR and watch MSNBc and stuff like that as well. I'm very conservative myself but liked hearing both sides. You come to realize both sides are full of shit and actually kinda laugh at how much the "news" frames an issue a certain way. Now I'm conservative so thats how I'd lean on most issues but I'd even find myself getting annoyed with hannity and others who were dishonest at times or framed things in a favorable way towards there side even if I agreed with them on the overall issue.
If you're here, aren't you basically forced to tolerate other points of view at school, work, among friends and every other place that you can't entirely control?
Read anything, as long as it was written pre-1940, is still seen as significant and has a reputation not based on any PC-related agenda.
Read anything, as long as it was written pre-1940, is still seen as significant and has a reputation not based on any PC-related agenda.
One of things I dig about RVF is that you have guys from across the globe, with vastly different experiences and worldviews, but for the most part cats are respectful and tolerant of these differences.
There aren't too many parts of the internet/IRL where this type of forum exists, without hostility. Glean what what you can from another's experiences and what you don't relate to or agree with you discard. No big deal
When you stop learning - you die
There aren't too many parts of the internet/IRL where this type of forum exists, without hostility. Glean what what you can from another's experiences and what you don't relate to or agree with you discard. No big deal
When you stop learning - you die
MY DETROIT PLAYAS said:
Very true. RVF really is an amazing exception. Try to express an opposing point of view to the progressive agenda in a Western academic environment. Shit, I'm talking about IVY LEAGUES. They will ridicule you or shut you up one way or another. Think about that for a second. The world's most elite institutions are more repressive of opposing perspectives than an online forum.
OP is gonna get burned at the stake by femnazis and his professors.
LaPastillaRoja
Robin
I think you have to keep an open mind, to have the capacity to explore a number of different opinions and points of view. Being open minded and being naive are two different things and its important to make the distinction. Being able to think critically, to analyse your sources of information is a precious skill that is unfortunately disappearing. Open mindedness often leads to enlightenment, especially when looking at things from a global perspective.
MY DETROIT PLAYAS said:
This observation of how we interact on RVF is proof enough that men who are comfortable with themselves and have opened their minds to red pill thought learn to work together and respect each other for the most part. There's no doubt in my mind it's the superior way.
Try reading some forums dedicated towards SJW topics, feminism, or other far left garbage. It's full of angry little simpletons backbiting and non stop drama from people trying to one up each other. The censorship is wild too. I suspect it comes from a place where there are are vast feelings of inferiority bubbling to the surface from people who are emotionally crippled.
ElBorrachoInfamoso
Kingfisher
I try to expose myself to different points of view by reading them in print or online. I'll read books and blog posts by people and about people whom I don't necessarily agree with but whom I think are smart. Examples include Paul Krugman, Judge Posner's more recent writings, etc.
I definitely live in a bubble so I rarely get exposed to wildly different opinions in most areas of interest. Of the last 10 people I've talked to or hung out with, 8 of them were within 5 years of my age, all of them were in the top 1% of income (at least for their age group) - the two oldest were multimillionaires, all of them had Ivy League or Ivy-caliber degrees.
I definitely live in a bubble so I rarely get exposed to wildly different opinions in most areas of interest. Of the last 10 people I've talked to or hung out with, 8 of them were within 5 years of my age, all of them were in the top 1% of income (at least for their age group) - the two oldest were multimillionaires, all of them had Ivy League or Ivy-caliber degrees.
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