For instance, I asked a question about one-night-stands. I got about 20 replies for the question. Out of the 20, there were only one or two people who supported my stance. But the remaining 20-odd people attacked me and resorted to name-calling because they feel one-night-stands are immoral.
But then just 10-15 minutes later, a person asked a question where he said it was immoral for people to involve in one-night-stands - exactly the opposite stance that I had made earlier. This question got like 30 replies - but what shocked me was that only 5 people supported his stance, but the remaining 25 attacked him giving well-thought-out, convincing answers as to why one-nighters are NOT wrong.
So, where were these 25 people to support me when I asked my question first? Why do you have to attack people to get responses out of them, but nobody is willing to support another?
2007-07-01 08:36:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I would imagine that different people answered each of your questions and that's the reason for the discrepancy. I have noticed that there are a few very rude, obnoxious people on here sometimes who resort to name calling and bashing instead of answering in a mature way. I try to ignore them and move on.
2007-07-01 08:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are strange. I've noticed that some responders don't read the questions all the way through and reply to a completely opposite viewpoint. No one should be attacked for asking a valid question or answering in a serious manner.
2007-07-01 08:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by Spade, Sam Spade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my eyes each to his own. You can respect a person's right to have his say, eventhough you may not agree with the ideas having said that it would seem that many people here seem to have some underlying problem or issue with themselves, and feel the need to vent, or take it out on the questioner which is totally wrong...i myself asked a question, and received some decent answers and about two people out of about 15 people felt the need to tell me in no uncertain terms that my question was a stupid one, so i added the comment..."If my question was so stupid why on earth are you answering it?".... i then received an email with the most colourful language from one of them, and did not bother to waste my energy to respond....some people here just prefer to be mean spirited when they answer...you're not alone in feeling the backlash of that.
2007-07-01 22:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I may not like your ideas, but I would support your right to say them. Look, people decide what to write and if you don't like what they write, pick up your marbles and play elsewhere. But, in everyone's defense, I notice that the TIME that questions are asks have a lot to do with who answers the questions. Think about that. You may want to try an experiment, before you pick up your marbles and play elsewhere. I really think it takes all kinds of people, and given questions like you picked as an answer, you have to take what you can get, you aren't paying for it you know.
2007-07-01 08:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by cavassi 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
People do this because they feel fear. Fear of disapproval. Fear of being wrong. Sometimes fear of being right... Maybe they're just afraid of the topic you chose. They think that controlling the world around them will alleviate these fears, so they attempt to instill fear in others as a controlling mechanism. They want to make others afraid, because they themselves are afraid.
Misery loves company. Just ignore them.
2007-07-01 08:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Katherine C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got faith such as you that to realize a lots better information of something there desires to be 2 or extra persons who've the capasity to have an open suggestions and relatively like to discover fact in a international the place the fact so oftentimes slips away . and to handle the priority of one nighttime stands , maximum persons are to susceptible to no longer enable jelousy slip in . some are solid sufficient , i'm no longer . so i fortunately settle with trouble-free approaches to specific love different than " doin' it " peace .
2017-01-23 07:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by shipe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this seems the same to me as what TV networks and TV shows get - people protesting send in letters; people who agree or are not bothered are rarely moved to write in.
People protesting something are motivated to express themselves, to be heard, to be counted as objecting.
I can't give a more explanatory answer. But this is nothing new.
2007-07-01 08:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
read the book The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfeild and you will understand why people do this,it is also a movie now on dvd.
another good movie for truth is this one.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331&hl=en
2007-07-01 08:46:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because fear and pressure is a bigger motivator than simple respect and caring.
2007-07-01 09:36:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋