Dennis Prager: “There Is No Example of the Left Having Power and Not Suppressing Speech – Free Speech Is Its Dire Enemy”

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    [–]HarlanRogers 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    I'm starting to think the problem is less to do with left and right and more to do with those cocksure in their own virtue and self-righteousness to the point of self-stagnation.

    Sadly this leads to the issue that those who are cocksure often tend to get their visions realised far more than those who are reserved and dominate the landscape.

    [–]magnora7 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    more to do with those cocksure in their own virtue and self-righteousness to the point of self-stagnation.

    This is exactly it. And I think part of it is that in this era in history, for the first time ever, we're drowning in more information than we can handle. And the way a lot of people try to figure who is correct is by who sounds the most confident, because there's not enough time to actually dig through the information and properly consider it all, because there's basically infinite information now. So it's become all about appearances.

    [–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Well said. I hadn't thought of it that way. I think the Dunning-Kruger effect only applies to the vocal followers (well, maybe some leaders). Paralysis by analysis, somewhat. Too much noise.

    [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Yes the self-reflecting people are sorting through near-infinite information, while the loud people are making moves and having conviction (even if unwarranted). So the world is being gradually shaped to more reflect those who lack self-reflection, because they're the ones making moves.