I think therefore...
I can have an opinion. Taking time to form thoughts, rather than responding on emotion or forming opinions based on other people's opinions makes me more credible. It is not always important for me to agree with everyone, frankly that is impossible. However, if I have the ability to take in information, process it in my own view and create an opinion my opinion is credible.
I have a guilty pleasure of reading comments of online newspapers. I enjoy trying to figure out who could be posting the comments to an article. We have a relatively small circulating paper in Rock Hill so I have become familiar with posters and their tendencies. There are some that are always fascinating to read. Others are simply irritating every time.
My favorite posters are the ones that post links in their comments to show a counter opiniion. This shows me that they read the article, processed it, and researched it further. When that person posts a comment, I feel it is valid.
My least favorite posters are usually the people that post first or second. They are usually very emotional and biased hard towards one view or another. The person responds within minutes of the article being published and clearly has an agenda or opinion formed purely off the slant of the article. Someone has to go first, I guess, but the trend seems to always be for bad posts to go first.
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