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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
(Post 3043678)
In response to the OP,
NO, I have never even considered using "ignore". We all naturally want to listen to people who agree with us. Using the "ignore" removes the other side of the argument and makes for very easy Straw Man conversations with ourselves. I consider that dangerous.
Our politicians already talk past each other--pretty much like using the ignore function except more dangerous. We need dialogue--and accountability.
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100% agree.
Personally, I think the ignore function is completely misused when one posts politically charged statements, and then places everyone that disagrees with them on ignore.
Smacks of cowardice in my opinion, someone who is sufficiently insecure in their own beliefs, that they cannot stand an actual debate with people who may disagree, so ignores everyone so that they never have to.
Truer words were never spoken, the result is nothing but a straw man conversation, and fortunately most people on the forums are not like that, HOWEVER, there are a few people who are not only proud of ignoring a long list of people, but recommend it to all others.
My belief is that the ignore function should not be usable in open discussion. If you are posting endless politically charged threads, you reap what you sow, and what you sow is an actual discussion.
If you don't want to hear dissenting opinion, post the links on your desktop, so that you and yourself can agree endlessly with them. |
