Lately i have been trying to engage people who make those political and some religious posts where they give one side or the other down the road for "believing" this or that to see if they can back up what they assert... Guess what... so far all I get are talking points, no real discussion or explanation for why they think this or that is true. It's so bad that when i question gun control they run out of talking points and begin to talk about abortion. Or if i question religion i usually get blocked or told i am going to burn in hell fire and that if i was honest i would see the truth of the one true savior or something like that.

 

I know that face book is not a real forum but somehow from the way these people asserted their view points I figured I would be challenged better.

 

 

Depends on your friends and connections, really

Well other than the people i genuinely share interests with most are old high school friends and relatives with a few work related friends mixed in, a pretty good representation of the world.. well i kinda hope not but from what i see it is...

Don't forget also when you comment on the images or quotes from major hubs of content (people with thousands or hundreds of thousands of connections) you're just a speck of dust in a hive mind... There are many different hive minds out there, and single bees don't tend to change the way the honey gets made (did I take the analogy too far?).

You might check out another forum.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/religion-and-ethics/

 

The message board attracts a large group of people with very diverse perspectives. I would concede that if one asks the usual questions one will get the usual answers. But occasionally discussion thread topics are unexpected and interesting.