Are you Heterodox?

God, Family, Country

in that order

tribes/factions/groups are so indifferent & ambiguous (especially these days), I never take what someone claims to be at face value. I know plenty of people that call themselves Christians that live nothing like a Christian, and plenty that call themselves Conservatives while completely defying every traditional conservative value

the world sucks, people suck, and most of them will just associate and/or emulate whatever group garners them the most favor and popularity

I don't give a shit about popularity, I'd rather be hated for what I am, than loved for what I not; that's my "tribe"...

Orthodoxy is a good thing when you want amazing church liturgy that lasts 3 hours.

It's generally terrible for absolutely everything else.

Ideological orthodoxy largely exists in what's sometimes called the "chattering classes" (ie academia, the media, the arts), including law as well to some extent but fortunately rules of practice stop that from affecting their work too much.

Definitely two feminist societies, for example, which when I joined at university were (when not primarily about sourcing good quality gin and tonics!) places of genuine discussion and considered activism, have largely devolved into bastions of an entirely entrenched ideology on most issues (I think we can guess which ones. Intersectionality is a curse).

Around the country (the UK) though - while I think even in my lifetime attitudes to things have mostly gone one way, and this is largely a good thing (as fun as it might be to imagine myself in a coven of sapphic suffragettes I don't think that's a plausible reality!), people are happily much more diverse in their opinions.

We're all mostly just treated as though we're monolithic blocks of concerns (Ie "I'm a woman one-side-or-another-of-30, so I must think X and Y"). And I would say seeing people as sets of interest group/campaign targets rather than as people is generally, right now, an orthodoxy of the left...

Depends what you include as academia. The "Social sciences" and arts&letters seem to be heavy on enforced groupthink.
Science&Math, far less so, as things are actually subject to proofs

I don't follow any specific ideology abd I'm my own person
Not a fan of labels either

Yes, heterodox. I don't believe in abortion but I don't feel I have the right to impose in their choices. I also feel the govt overreaches it's authority in personal life choices. Why is the govt and states involved in health choices. Why aren't they focused on jobs, security, economy? Last, if you want to investigate something meaningful, get to the bottom of why gas is $4.65 and a small box of Cheerios is $7.00???

I've always been beating to my own drum, and I don't care if others can't understand my tune.

My most obvious example, I refuse to get a cell phone

People need to unplug
Fact is, this world needs a reboot

I ♥️ hetero anything!

I suppose it comes down to what we consider as being orthodoxy vs heterodoxy.

For example: Biologists are generally more atheistic and generally accept the basis of evolution while debating around the specifics to push understanding forward.

You could say they have their own orthodoxy in that regard. But I don't think that's bad. It's reached that state for a fairly good reason, given evidence at hand in their field. While it is good to have a small number of non-orthodox participants challenging the orthodoxy, a majority heterodoxy would imply that bad science is leading to inconsistencies in hypothesis and testing.

In other areas that are less certain, heterodoxy allows for more ideas that can be tested more quickly. New fields of study should have high heterodoxy and hopefully trend to more orthodoxy as it matures.

At the end of the day you don't want purity in either though. Pure heterodoxy makes progress difficult because collaboration is challenging. Pure orthodoxy leads to stagnation and inflexibility in society, reducing our ability to adapt to change.

Striking the balance is difficult.

Are you heterodox in economic terms?

What ?