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In reply to the discussion: How do you get banned from a group without ever subscribing to [View all]LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Since the first day I came online to discuss politics, I saw a difference between right-wingers and left-wingers. They form sites like Freeperville where any deviation from orthodoxy isn't allowed. On the other end of the spectrum, I've always viewed us as being more receptive to opposing views. Those who possess facts and reason don't need enforced orthodoxy because their views have solid foundations. Openness to hearing opposing views is one of the key distinctions between reasonable people and unreasonable people, to me at least.
And from everything I've seen, those who demand orthodoxy do so because their beliefs are so fragile that they would shatter under a challenge.
It is, to me, what separates the mentally strong from the mentally weak. And we see this when those people who protect their views are forced into open debate. Invariable, without the help of juries, they get crushed.