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Okay, apparently not wanting to sift through a plethora of ignorant sheep and conspiracy theorists makes me "unable" to form my own opinions. The fact that I subscribe to subreddits for ideologies that I ~~disagree with~~ don't necessarily agree with should say enough about how open-minded I am.
It's not like I'm going to unsubscribe, or that I can't handle differing opinions. I just wish there were more subreddits that aren't polluted with bullshit.
Edit: I didn't mean to say "disagree with", so I fixed that. I consider myself conservative in many areas (mostly economics). What I was getting at is that I don't ignore a news source JUST because I disagree with the opinions expressed in their pieces. I'll hear anyone out who makes a somewhat reasonable argument.
Comment by [deleted] at 15/02/2017 at 23:52 UTC
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Okay, apparently not wanting to sift through a plethora of ignorant sheep and conspiracy theorists makes me "unable" to form my own opinions.
That sentence tells me you're unable. Conspiracy theorists are not unique to the right wing, they exist on both sides, and they aren't always wrong. If there's one thing the CIA has done a fantastic job of, it's making it so that the conspiracy label is so abhorrent to the average person that they will discard the information, true or not.
The fact that I subscribe to subreddits for ideologies that I disagree with should say enough about how open-minded I am.
You subscribe to *some* subreddits that you disagree with but you are hardly open minded. You still have limits on what you find acceptable and those limits are based on your bias. If you were obsessed with the facts, you would seek out that cognitive dissonance. That doesn't mean believe everything you read, but it does mean looking at things you disagree strongly with even when its painful. If you don't know what I mean then there's a good chance you haven't encountered it yet. I went through it when I switched from voting for Bernie to voting for Trump. (to those about to ask me questions about that, don't bother, it has been done to death.)
It's not like I'm going to unsubscribe, or that I can't handle differing opinions. I just wish there were more subreddits that aren't polluted with bullshit.
Humanity is polluted with bullshit. This is what we are. The world may have changed a lot due to industrialization but the people alive today are just as retarded as the people alive during medieval times. We still have the capacity to be complete fuck ups and many of us are.