Subj : Re: Politics
To   : DustCouncil
From : Blue White
Date : Sun Mar 06 2022 09:49 am

-=> DustCouncil wrote to Avon <=-

 Du> If we could measure all of the words and energy spent online advocating
 Du> for one political point or another, and somehow quantify it: blood
 Du> pressure points, characters or words typed, or number of time spent
 Du> doing this, and measured it against a metric of how many people changed
 Du> their minds because of a better argument, it'd be interesting to see
 Du> that ratio.

There are a few people who ask honest questions and whose opinions might
change based on the responses, but most folks won't change their minds even
when presented with third-party evidence to the contrary.  I am guessing
the ratio would sadly be out-of-whack.

If anything, I feel like seeing an opposing view often makes most folks
that participate in political forums hold on more tightly to their own
views.


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