I get OF’s perspective, because except for the few Jeff Soverns of the world, I didn’t expect people to mobilize in a real way, en masse, countrywide against Flock. I didn’t think they would because we’ve been living under the Patriot Act and FISA for almost thirty years and also more recently the Cloud Act.
The American people, generally, have shown themselves to be careless when it comes to protecting their personal privacy and civil liberties, and it’s really hard to change one’s opinion and learn more on this issue because the billionaire-owned media does not report on it, which is likely purposeful. (Partly why I have a YT channel on the topic.)
But then I made a YT video on the Flock Buyout and learned that, in fact, I was wrong and the people are seriously kicking Flock’s ass. (And even more fun, Anti-Flock movements have been around for years now, too.)
I’m sure OF will maybe change their thinking after learning new info.
The problem with doomerism/cynicism/nihilism is that it suppresses people’s will to enact positive change. People partake in it because in their mind it absolves them of responsibility, because there wasn’t a chance to begin with.
If that’s truly what someone thinks, then whatever. But they need to shut the fuck up about it and not spread it to others, because they’re trying to convince people to give up too. And that only leads to the world becoming worse.
If there was a pandemic and someone was going around coughing on everyone else, would you condone that? Because that’s not much different from this conversation
Respectfully, your opinion is wrong too.
I get OF’s perspective, because except for the few Jeff Soverns of the world, I didn’t expect people to mobilize in a real way, en masse, countrywide against Flock. I didn’t think they would because we’ve been living under the Patriot Act and FISA for almost thirty years and also more recently the Cloud Act.
The American people, generally, have shown themselves to be careless when it comes to protecting their personal privacy and civil liberties, and it’s really hard to change one’s opinion and learn more on this issue because the billionaire-owned media does not report on it, which is likely purposeful. (Partly why I have a YT channel on the topic.)
But then I made a YT video on the Flock Buyout and learned that, in fact, I was wrong and the people are seriously kicking Flock’s ass. (And even more fun, Anti-Flock movements have been around for years now, too.)
I’m sure OF will maybe change their thinking after learning new info.
No, it’s not.
The problem with doomerism/cynicism/nihilism is that it suppresses people’s will to enact positive change. People partake in it because in their mind it absolves them of responsibility, because there wasn’t a chance to begin with.
If that’s truly what someone thinks, then whatever. But they need to shut the fuck up about it and not spread it to others, because they’re trying to convince people to give up too. And that only leads to the world becoming worse.
If there was a pandemic and someone was going around coughing on everyone else, would you condone that? Because that’s not much different from this conversation
The problem with insulting somebody you disagree with is that it will rather solidify their opinion than make them reflect on it and change.
They weren’t going to change their opinions anyways. At least with calling them out there’s a chance they get shocked away from their bullshit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity
Learning and changing your opinions requires that you feel safe and not stressed or threatened.
Regardless of whether they would actually do it, your insults guarantee that they don’t.
This isn’t like that at all, but I’m not going to argue about it. Have a great day. :)