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[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is it wrong to note a trend?

By pointing out this "trend" – which might not even be one; analysis of the selection biases involved is interesting but iirc hasn't been done for this yet – you're furthering that "divide and conquer" approach.

[–]HeyImSancho 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

By choosing to at least entertain information, I'm furthering 'divide, and conquer'? Whizz, that's silly, and on par with the govt. status quo; which usually dictates that no one is intelligent enough not to have a nanny; nanny state.

As long as my breath flows, there won't be a topic I won't discuss; that's freedom, and it must be exercised. Stupid people, will always be stupid, and do subsequent stupid stuff; people who can control themselves; why should they self limit when fate obviously rules the day?

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Everything you say has a consequence. I don't think through everything I say, but I have pre-prepared rules that – if followed – limit my "frivolous speech" to stuff that likely won't have lasting negative impacts. I re-evaluate these aperiodically.

If you're not going to limit yourself to such rules, please consider considering the consequences of everything you say to a large audience. You could adversely affect your ability to achieve your goals, otherwise.

[–]HeyImSancho 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh Wizz, don't you comprehend? You can never silence, or quell anyone's ability to speak their mind.

Take whatever rules you think you're showing people, they'll be twisted, and exploited, until discarded. The establishment is also trying to get people to obey some sort of command protocol in regards to what can be said, or not said; yet it's lacking. The organic rules of the natural world, which do trump all, dictate you cannot control all things.

I mean go for it, but at the end of eternity, everything that could be said, will have been said. Life's not about being afraid of offending others, it's about living, and knowing that what others have to say, don't have to impact you; 'water off a duck's back'.

Weaklings unfit for life are who need safe places; I don't say that lightly, but through my years have seen it play out; just my experience I guess.