Confessions on Yik Yak | im confused. since when did people disagreeing with you automatically mean that you're wrong? groupthink is insane and its running rampant now especially with social media

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im confused. since when did people disagreeing with you automatically mean that you're wrong? groupthink is insane and its running rampant now especially with social media

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Anonymous 21h

It’s called mob mentality

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Anonymous 20h

Counter questions: Since when are people not allowed to be wrong? Why do so many people go around pretending like they actually think every opinion is valid or has any merit?

Anonymous 19h

many people think that disagreement is a bad thing, and that those who disagree with you should be your enemy and those who agree should be your friend. While there may be some truth to those statements in certain situations, I find it important (and honestly refreshing) not to surround yourself entirely with like-minded individuals. A clash of ideals and personal interests is a thing both parties can always learn from. It is NOT a sign that you should instantly remove yourself or be hostile.

Anonymous 19h

It’s because people get too sensitive about their opinions. They think that if you disagree, that makes them automatically wrong or stupid so they put way too much defense up. Then the people who also thought the same as them find out that other people are disagreeing with them as well, so they decide they need to hop in and fight harder

Anonymous 17h

Getting off most social media's especially algorithm driven ones like Tik tok and instagram do so much for your mental health.

Anonymous 21h

I personally see it as people are so angry that they want to be angry at anything

Anonymous 19h

Omg thank you, 😒 tell me about it

Anonymous 17h

People aren’t reading enough books

Anonymous 5h

Here’s my thing… we can disagree on pizza toppings or music taste… but if our “disagreement” is over human rights, like whether MY family and I should/could have been thrown into a CONCENTRATION CAMP, sorry not sorry, you’re simply not a person i need in my life

Anonymous 20h

This is why democracy does not work

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Anonymous

#1 21h

its honestly so annoying and lazy to think that if the masses say or do something then that's what's right or correct

Anonymous

OP 21h

Well, hasn’t that how it always has been the people with the most power shoes right and wrong right now that’s the masses used to be the kings and the queens, even further before that it was the gods of the religions

Anonymous

#1 21h

There’s just one quote like there’s no such thing as right or wrong cause it’s decided by the victors

Anonymous

#1 21h

its always been that way but im saying its gotten worse with social media. im noticing people thinking is this major get back if they tell somebody that everybody is disagreeing with them😭 it makes zero sense

Anonymous

#4 20h

this conversation is about groupthink so that counter question is invalid ngl

Anonymous

#3 20h

What’s your alternative? The State decides what you’re permitted to believe? Is that really preferable to you?

Anonymous

#5 20h

Nobody said anything about belief, perhaps a meritocracy would be better though, or a government ran by those who are best suited to govern

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Anonymous

#3 20h

How do you determine who’s “best suited” to govern? Who gets to decide who’s “best suited” to govern?

Anonymous

#5 20h

Perhaps through their achievements or maybe through selection by a council of philosophers or just very smart ppl

Anonymous

#3 20h

Who determines who makes up a council that unilaterally decides how 349 million citizens are governed?

Anonymous

#5 20h

Well I’m not applying this to the US at all, ideally it would be the founders of the nation who makeup the council

Anonymous

#7 19h

There’s a Peter Griffin meme for this

Anonymous

OP 19h

Are you relatively new op? I think I’ve been noticing you around lately 😐 more. When I hadn’t before. But maybe that’s just me not reading this much

Anonymous

OP 19h

Idk if he meant it as in Counter to your post I think it’s just a tangent

Anonymous

#3 17h

It would if the people in power would stop interfering with people’s ability to be properly informed

Anonymous

#9 17h

Some people don’t have the capacity to informed and make rational decisions based on that information

Anonymous

#4 17h

definitely seem like aspects of the same issue

Anonymous

#3 17h

how do you know that? or why do you think that?

Anonymous

#9 17h

Because look at today, people are given the truth and are unable to apply it to their own lives and make the wrong decision

Anonymous

#3 17h

It seems to me that people being properly informed would counteract any amount of negative influence from the few people who may struggle with making “rational” decisions

Anonymous

#9 17h

Idk man, the average person is pretty stupid

Anonymous

#3 17h

I get what you’re saying. Idk, I do think it is more of a systemic issue than it is an issue with individual people being dumb. I know lots of people who are seemingly misguided in the way you’re talking about, but I think they have the capacity to not do things that way. Society is just disordered rn

Anonymous

#9 17h

“Society is disordered rn“ is an interesting take and topic

Anonymous

#9 17h

Yes fair point, it really is a timeless dilemma which never has a true correct answer to

Anonymous

#4 9h

opinion ≠ fact. opinion cannot be “wrong” because if it can be proven right or wrong then it is not an opinion, rather a fact or statement. opinions can be unpopular or extremely agreed on but they cannot be right or wrong. when specifically talking abt opinions abt people; ex: “jay likes oranges,” this can only be right if jay actually like oranges. opinions such as politics can neither be right nor wrong because there is no correct political position, thus why we have dem,rep,& independent.

Anonymous

#13 4h

Are you referencing something like immigration rights specifically

Anonymous

#6 1m

this