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 Post subject: Difficulty sticking to an opinion
 Post Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:52 am 
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Other people get angry at the immorality in the world. But even when I'm on the "against" side of something, very little angers me because I can always see why people believe what they believe.

I can't enter a debate. I always understand the opposing side. I think I see controversies differently than most-- I see them as conflicts within myself that I have to think about, whereas other people see them as conflicts against other people. I have no strong convictions. --How the heck do you have strong convictions in a world where there are good points and cool theories on every side?

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 Post subject: Re: Difficulty sticking to an opinion
 Post Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:00 am 
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I completely agree, and I'm very similar.. Sometimes I love to explore the 'bad' side of stuff, try to understand why it would be that way, or why people would behave in such a way, and sometimes people don't like that. But sometimes I get angry too, enter into a debate/argument, and realise that the other side has valid points, and then end up feeling very foolish, flaky, hypocritical and like I'm constantly contradicting myself! :lol:

But.. I always thought this aspect of myself was a negative thing. I always thought that it was because I lacked passion or feeling strong enough to have a single conviction, or to follow through.. And you've just made me realise that it's actually quite a positive thing, from the way you have described it. It's having passion for so many things that choosing would be detrimental! Seeing things from different angles is actually quite nice. Can't argue for crap, but Hell, I hate arguing anyway.

That said, when it comes to politics, I'm a bit less tolerant recently :)

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 Post subject: Re: Difficulty sticking to an opinion
 Post Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:55 am 
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It is those darn people again. :mad:

People demand us to have opinions about stuff, so they can catagorize and put us in boxes.

I've read that many people even prefer other people they strongly disagree with, then people who dont have strong opinions.

But to be serious, I've often like this too. People ask me what opinion I hold, and I don't have any yet. Many reasons for that. I might view myself uninformed, incompetent to make a judgment about the matter. I might have good arguments for both sides. And I might even not care enough to force myself to make a judgment about something trivial.

Oh, now I made myself angry. :headsmack:

I have strong opinions on opinionating thought :)

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 Post subject: Re: Difficulty sticking to an opinion
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I have a very few select passionately held beliefs, and everything else seems to be arbitrary and subject to changing in the way you describe. If people accuse me of sitting on the fence, I'll accuse them of ignorance. How can you pass judgment either way when each side seems as valid as the other? I think what it ultimately comes down to is feeling one argument is less valid than another due to the reasoning involved conflicting with one of your personal values. That's just my take on it, though.

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 Post subject: Re: Difficulty sticking to an opinion
 Post Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:47 am 
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Yeah, I'm the same, people seem to get very annoyed at me when I sit on the fence :? I guess I am on the fence quite often though......

Rarely do I fall onto one side of the fence or the other, only when my values are disturbed :evil:


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