Might this recent finding affect your experience in here R. and S.?

Question

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/study_38_percent_of_people

I meant "here in R. and S."

sorry.....

An excerpt if you're afraid to follow the link:
"On topics from evolution to the environment to gay marriage to immigration reform, we found that many of the opinions expressed were so off-base and ill-informed that they actually hurt society by being voiced," said chief researcher Professor Mark Fultz, who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. "While people have long asserted that it takes all kinds, our research shows that American society currently has a drastic oversupply of the kinds who don't have any good or worthwhile thoughts whatsoever. We could actually do just fine without them."

Answer 1

Oh, brilliant! Thank you for giving me this link. It was always so hard to explain why the 1st amendment should be upheld for those who don't spew ignorance and hatred everywhere. I could never quite put down on paper a good reason to convince others of this. Now I have. Bigoted, ranting, extremist lunatics should be deprogrammed until they are fit for society. Then, perhaps, world peace.

I know people who say "Well, homosexuality is OK, just not with me. It doesn't say they should enter into marriage in a 150 year-old dictionary so why SHOULD they be allowed to? Doesn't everyone follow antiquated readings to ascertain some sense of morality?" Yeah, just like we kill people for ordering the shrimp special on Fridays and for wearing cotton/polyester blends.

I despise the word "sin" because it insinuates religiosity. People pick and choose their 'sins' and abominations' per their pre-conceived and learned prejudices. There is no way to stop them unless we have them retrained or their jaws wired shut. And I'm a nice person. Seriously. I just can't stand the thought of any more of these people reproducing.

My only problem with the whole article is that I think the number is WAY too low. I'd put it more around 75% with an emphasis on the religious. It's probably higher, but we cookie monsters like to be as fair as possible.

Answer 2

If the speaker/writer is ill informed, the listener/reader should be diligent in making sure of what they hear or read.

Information given goes only as far as it is received. I once met a guy who had a whole new theory on what gravity is actually supposed to be. His theory was just that - a theory. He had no real scientific data to back his claim. So, what he said or wrote was only valuable to anyone who would give it credence, which no one really did.

People are entitled to their own viewpoint or way of thinking, even if they are dead wrong. But, if they get a following of listeners, then there may be a problem. It is up to the listener to be as informed as (or more informed than) the teller.

Answer 3

Nah. I still think everyone is entitled to their opinion...even if they have no idea what is really coming out of their mouth.

And no, it won't affect my experience here. I already knew that a bunch of people have lost their minds.

Answer 4

Wow, 38 percent of people are not entitled to having their opinion?!

Refreshing. Different from always being told there is "no dumb question", when we all know from our experience that there is.

Answer 5

Well educate them! Quickly.

I'm with you on this one Thrice Baked! Well said.

Peace!

Answer 6

And I can almost guarantee all 38% vote Republican. Always.

Answer 7

Only global thermonuclear war could affect my experience here at R&S.

_()_

Answer 8

I know the Onion is supposed to be satire, but sometimes . . .

Answer 9

So; enter the final solution.

Answer 10

I've always thought that.