In light of the rapidly escalating white supremacist terrorism in our country and throughout the world, I think that in the mass media, for the protection of democracy and human rights, it is incumbent upon all of us to act to drastically curtail the formation and operation of self-reinforcing ideological groups in all of the mass media. We must stop the brewing and spreading of this venomous poison.
In that vein, I urge the ending of all self-reinforcing and exclusionary politically ideological groups on Agnostics.com. As an adamantly pro-democracy advocate and political liberal, I believe that the free and unimpeded exchange and, debate, and testing of ideas is essential to all democracies. I can and will hold my own against any of these right wing nuts and vicious bigots, and am not afraid of them. They should also not be afraid of the light of day. They simply do not want to be exposed as the hateful and malicious bigots that they are.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.If you want a group where people who are for and against these things can discuss issues why not create one or who knows, there may already be one? If they want to talk to you cool, if not no worries. Not everyone is going to want to discuss every issue with every person.
Byrd
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Mar 18, 2019
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That would be a good idea once the self-reinforcing ideological echo chambers were completely eliminated. This should be a site for agnostics and atheists, not such echo chambers.
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@wordywalt well, I'd say good luck with that but I don't really believe in luck or this particular cause. But I won't knock it, that is one of the many things I love about this site. not everyone agrees on all issues but we still all have a place to speak, as long as the rules are followed. And so far admin seems to have that pretty well covered.
There are ideological groups on all sides of the spectrum. Should we not interact with environmental or humanistic groups.
For me, this direction is a direct result of the crumbling of our natural resources. Too many of us chasing too few resources. Any person in the field of population demographics worth their salt is well aware of the connections of special interest groups and the allocation of resources. It has been said that when people are comfortable and sure of a good future they are not going to upset the apple cart. Obviously, a lot of apple carts are being upset so that means people are starting to hurt and seek a change often of which involves violence.
JackPedigo
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Mar 17, 2019
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''there is a huge difference between exclusive groups for political ideology an as opposed to issue-oriented groups. I am not speaking of the latter.
What exactly are you calling for?
indirect76
Level 7
Mar 17, 2019
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I think that my words are more than clear. I am calling for open exchange and debate so that reason and data can rule the day, not for self-reinforcing echo chambers.
@wordywalt I didn’t think your words were clear. That is why I asked. So, to be clear, you want open exchange and debate?
I’m still a bit fuzzy. Sorry I’m not the smartest. Are you calling for people to speak up, or for the removal of something preventing that from happening?
@indirect76 I said that I want open discourse and debate, based on reason and facts, not simply opinion and bias. What do you not understand.
@wordywalt Sorry. I thought it may be an issue with how the site operates that is preventing this. I think it’s clear to me what you originally meant.
My only question though, is now you bring up having these exchanges without opinion and bias. I can more understand not wanting bias, but how can we have an open exchange without expressing our opinions?
@indirect76 I should have said without opionions lacking a factual and/or rational basis.
@wordywalt Can there not be two opposing opinions that are both factual and/or rationally based?
Now, I’ve read your original post several times. Are there really white supremacist or terrorism groups on agnostic.com that are masquerading as something else? Are they proper ‘groups’ on the site, or do you mean groups in the more general sense?
Perhaps providing examples would help illustrate your point.
@indirect76 They can disagree on interpretation of the data. But, other than that, no it is not possible. And, even then, data driven study of the issue will eventually reveal which interpretation of the data is correct.
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