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Originally posted by Moneyguy1
And all this time I thought that divergent views are all eligible for discussion without being dismissed "out of hand". Seems as if that is only true when the views presented are the same as the viewer or listener. Anything that does not fit into a tidy little box with a bow is "hogwash" and "junk science". Heck, the world was once flat; the stars and planets revolved around the earth on crystal spheres, and all the other "beliefs" of the past. People were put to death for surmising that stars were other suns and there might be life elsewhere in the Universe.
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Do you see any pitchforks and torches around here???
This is known as civil discourse. Unlike some places in the world were a discussion such as this would result in 10's of thousand of demonstrators pouring out onto the streets burning effigies of the person they disagree with. For some reason people mistake rigorous debate with lynching.
There is a big difference between the two.