I have now "Ignored" my third member in the years that I've been here. And it always seems like a big deal.
Hell, I think I'm open-minded, and love debate, and I do. But there are things that are beyond debate, in my view. I don't ignore people who simply don't know much about topics in which I see myself as better informed. Rather, I try to use what I suppose to be my superior knowledge to teach. I don't ignore people whose political views differ from mine. I make my case, and if they make theirs, I'll read what they write. The same with religious views. These things are not rigorously deterministic, and therefore people have to find their own way within those disciplines.
I will, on the other hand, ignore somebody who insists, no matter argument is laid down, that 1 plus 1 equals 3. Here, I recognize I'm dealing with someone who simply can't understand the argument presented -- or doesn't want to, for whatever reason. In such a case, I have zero interest in trying to overcome such an attitude, and it seems to me best just not to have it disturb my line of sight anymore.
And it is also the same with people that I perceive as offering essentially hateful thoughts towards other people -- even if they are trying to disguise them under cover of some "philopophy" or other. People who simply hate other races, or other religions, or those who identify as other than vanilla straight sexuality. I see no purpose in further discussion with such, because I've observed for 72 years that they are not going to change their minds -- even for someone with arguments as brilliant and powerful as mine.
In other words, I will ignore people online in the same way that I will not acknowledge people in my local who I know to be someone I simply do not wish to be associated with at all.
Would you put another member on ignore? If so, for what reason? If not, why not?
Hell, I think I'm open-minded, and love debate, and I do. But there are things that are beyond debate, in my view. I don't ignore people who simply don't know much about topics in which I see myself as better informed. Rather, I try to use what I suppose to be my superior knowledge to teach. I don't ignore people whose political views differ from mine. I make my case, and if they make theirs, I'll read what they write. The same with religious views. These things are not rigorously deterministic, and therefore people have to find their own way within those disciplines.
I will, on the other hand, ignore somebody who insists, no matter argument is laid down, that 1 plus 1 equals 3. Here, I recognize I'm dealing with someone who simply can't understand the argument presented -- or doesn't want to, for whatever reason. In such a case, I have zero interest in trying to overcome such an attitude, and it seems to me best just not to have it disturb my line of sight anymore.
And it is also the same with people that I perceive as offering essentially hateful thoughts towards other people -- even if they are trying to disguise them under cover of some "philopophy" or other. People who simply hate other races, or other religions, or those who identify as other than vanilla straight sexuality. I see no purpose in further discussion with such, because I've observed for 72 years that they are not going to change their minds -- even for someone with arguments as brilliant and powerful as mine.
In other words, I will ignore people online in the same way that I will not acknowledge people in my local who I know to be someone I simply do not wish to be associated with at all.
Would you put another member on ignore? If so, for what reason? If not, why not?