The key to talking about things you don’t know about is to be loud, aggressive, and ridiculously confident in your beliefs. Project competency though you have none.
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2024
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One time in English class we had a series of debates as one of our assignments. I completely winged it and got a B+ just for sounding authoritative.
I carry an old timey leather doctor's bag full of rusty pliers and laudanum bottles so if I ever get into a debate I can lift the bag and say "as a doctor-" before spouting off.
What about learning these phrases instead:
- I believe
- I seem to recall
- As I understand it
- It seems to me that
- In my experience
In other words, make it clear to the reader what your level of skill or knowledge is.
Whilst chewing on that, consider adding a source if you have one (or six).
Source: I've been here a while and it's stood me in good stead during online (and offline) conversation over the decades.
Me: My understanding is [nuanced take on subject I do know about] but that's just what I read in [multiple good sources]
I fully support this, and I do this too. It saves me from looking like a dickhead. Honestly I won't drop one of the "I believe" modifiers until after 10+ hours (usually 30+ hours) of not social media reading on a topic.
"No investigation, no right to speak."
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
But then how am I supposed to get angry and ridicule random people on the internet?
Oh there's plenty of room for someone who is informed to get angry and rightly ridicule people who deserve it.
Skyrim is a beautiful game with no flaws heh
Skyrim is a game.
been real quiet since this meme dropped
please make up a group. I couldn't decide on a funny one
People's whose adult children don't talk to them
people who have literally never been quiet?
is the only group that fits tho fr.
Point being nobody thinks they're the meme
And I'm happy she won
Well, actually the opinion on the topic you are not informed about displays your values and having it might be beneficial to you.
The problem is not in the people, the problem is in the propaganda
no investigation no right to speak
Oh I assure you the people who you want to shut down "did their own research" and were even encouraged to do so
An example would be a parent who doesn't want any gender-related issue to be discussed in the school.
Are they inherently flawed and inherently hateful individuals? Probably not
Do they think that the schools indoctrinate children and they do care about them? Probably that's the case.
the opinion on the topic you are not informed about displays your values and having it might be beneficial to you.
And it might be detrimental to you just as easily. There's no way to know which without being informed, but an ignorant opinion based on "values" (aka vibes and what you want to be true rather than what is true) is more likely to hurt you or others in the long run. Just as being a racist bigot who has a wrong opinion about people of color might find that holding their racist opinion is immediately beneficial to themselves if they're in a similarly bigoted community, being a bigot is ultimately harmful for reasons I would hope wouldn't need to be explained.
An example would be a parent who doesn't want any gender-related issue to be discussed in the school.
Yet their uninformed opinion is harmful. Gender issues are inevitably part of our world and learning about them will not only prepare children to have an understanding of them that their ignorant parent lacks and help make the world safer and more livable for everyone as a result, but if that child themselves turns out to be gender stereotype non-conforming, then learning about those issues will help them better understand themselves and potentially save them from much of the misery inflicted on them by an ignorant populous.
An example would be a parent who doesn't want any gender-related issue to be discussed in the school.
Are they inherently flawed and inherently hateful individuals?
Yes, for the reason Dirt_Possum stayed below. They have a responsibility to properly educate themselves on issues that effect their children or decisions they may make that impact other people's children.
Not wanting to explore issues like gender or race is part of why certain forms of bigotry have proven so persistent.
