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Why when i have an opinion on a subject do people think its an argument for heavens sake its just my opinion

billytex1 · 70-79, M Best Comment
actually - a very valid question. Seems we've become a country where opinions are no longer something to just be politely discussed and shared - they've become 'fighting words' quite literally - whatever happened to 'civil discourse'???? I'm afraid to carry on a conversation any more about even a slightly controversial subject for fear that someone will take great offense at my opinion and come after me with a gun or something - really scary.
@billytex1 Oh, thank you...I don't know what happened to civil discourse, but I believe the mass shootings and every other sickness in our country can be traced to its death, and I would like to dig it up and see if it can be revived.
billytex1 · 70-79, M
@Mamapolo2016 Just from what I see here - I think there are a lot of people that are as concerned as we are about the seemingly lost art of conversation around a controversial subject - where this came from, i do not know - but I wish it would go back so we can have back polite and civil - even if animated - conversation that doesn't lead to violence or anger.

Just because one person believes or thinks something different than another person does, does not make them bad or wrong or evil - it just means they see the situation from a different point of view - that's all.

Why can't we see that any more? People are so much more than just their opinions and how they think about one subject or another -

DarkestDespair · 46-50, M
I think it's the nature of our world today. With the advent of SJW's, everyone is quite defensive and considers voicing your opinion an attack on their personal ideals. It's okay that you have an opinion. Hell, I think it's great that you have an opinion, and just because we may not agree on the subject doesn't mean we have to fight about it. I think that people need to calm down a bit, and realize that social interaction doesn't have to be some haughty crusade for diversity or whatever the popular trend is currently. It's perfectly okay for people to disagree on things and just leave it at that.
billytex1 · 70-79, M
@DarkestDespair hear hear - thank you - very well spoken -
@DarkestDespair That’s true, but the day of Archie Bunker being “harmless and amusing” is past, [i]thanks[/i] to those “SJWs”. Those of us who’ve traditionally been targets don’t mind [b]that[/b] so much.
LyricalOne · F
Some people here are constantly looking for a fight. Unfortunately that makes the rest of us targets of their anger and unhappiness.
User41 · 36-40, M
HOW DARE YOU!

don’t u know my opinion is always the right one?
SW-User
people on this site can be very mean and rude,
JupiterDreams · 31-35
That annoys me too.
SW-User
Yeah hear hear
I’m guessing it depends on the opinion how others react.

 
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