..or do you just ignore them? Sometimes it's hard not to say something to the bashers and bible thumpers.
2007-03-10 03:33:20 · 18 answers · asked by Cindi 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It's going to be so hard to choose a best answer for this!
2007-03-10 03:46:21 · update #1
Depends upon my coffee level. I am torn: I believe that they seek attention, and I shouldn't reward that. Then again, we "ignored" Hitler for a long time too.
2007-03-10 03:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If I'm in the mood for a bit of debate and outspokenness then sure. Maybe it will change their thinking. And if it doesn't change them maybe someone else will hear what I'm saying and change their thinking. I think it's good to challenge people's views, and hopefully get them to consider other possibilities.
2007-03-10 12:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by helehelo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, at times I post in response to them. But not because I think I can convert or change them. I do it more for the people who look at the question, and who might need some guidance or help
2007-03-10 11:44:12 · answer #3 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Never. Used to when I was younger and WANTED to get my point across. But not anymore. Stupid people will always be stupid. They'll never see beyond their gaybashing little world. No point trying to convince them that a) I am a human being too; b) my sexual preference isn't a choice; c) God will never judge me.
But you're right: it is very hard to keep your mouth shut and keep your dignity.
2007-03-10 11:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by - 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I assume that everyone is ignorant, including myself.
Although I'm very bright, I know there are lots of subjects where I am not well-informed, and perhaps misinformed. I try to pre-announce the possibility of my ignorance (and my openness to having it corrected) whenever I discuss a delicate or hot-button topic with someone who likely holds a different opinion. I hope that they will mirror the attitude I am displaying to them.
I like logical arguments, and tend to steer most differences of opinion in that direction:
"On what basis do you hold the opinion you express; what are your premises and reasoning?"
"Where do we have common ground? For example, I consider X to be an established fact; do you agree?"
"If one grants the premise of X, I think one can reach the conclusion Y. I'd like to show you my reasoning and see if you agree. If you disagree, then I'd be interested in knowing where my reasoning has flaws or hidden assumptions."
People like me who are ignorant-but-bright, and of good will, welcome such arguments; we often learn from one another, even as we also experience frustration if neither can persuade the other to change their opinion.
When religion is used as a premise or justification, I have a stock approach that helps me distinguish an ignorant-but-bright preson from an ignorant-and-dim one:
"I'd like you to understand my point of view. Here's how things look to me: You'd like me to hold your opinion. And you tell me the basis for your opinion is a book that you consider holy but I don't. Do you agree that's a good summary of the state of affairs that exists with us?"
"Now imagine yourself in my position. Imagine you're talking with a person with a book he considers holy but you don't. It might be a Q'ran, or a Bhagavad-Gita, or the Tibetan Book of the Dead. If he cited that book as the basis for his opinion, would you thereby be persuaded to it?"
"Now you can imagine that I have the same stance towards you as you would towards him. If you would consider him to be sadly misinformed and deluded, you can imagine that I harbor the same judgment; or if you would consider him to be misguided but perhaps open to reason, you can imagine that I harbor the same attitude towards you. Whatever amount of openness, goodwill, and intellectual honesty you would show towards him, I will endeavor to match or exceed in my dealings with you. Can you understand and accept that attitude from me?"
2007-03-10 12:35:55 · answer #5 · answered by Joe S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alls you can do is put short-simple blurbs in response to their ignorance and hope it gets through. Then ignore them.
2007-03-10 11:51:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As the wise words from Salomon...Leave the ignorant and there ignorant ways....
2007-03-10 11:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have lost some brain cells, booze, drugs..., but as a guy, I'm o.k. I usually say to people who don't listen to me, that I'm gonna shove a pipe up their keister... and they usually go away.
2007-03-10 12:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First you must find out if they are ignorant. Then just ignore them if possible. Or just dazzle them with an irrefutable statement that leaves them rethinking their ideology or just leaves them dumb struck.
2007-03-10 11:40:13 · answer #9 · answered by tim h 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
too many. I simply ignore them and pray they open their hearts like their holy books prescribes.
cheers
2007-03-10 11:36:49 · answer #10 · answered by H Vice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋