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:pan: Yeah, I was wrong.

I think I know what you mean. Like, when movies manipulate you into sympathizing with villains?

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Originally Posted by Glenn Epic

The alternate angles presented, foremost, to me by media fill has hindered if not destroyed my sense of definitive opinion; Feeling a sense of comparison to protagonists I'd usually refer to as dregs/other. At any given time a separate group can be knocked or uplifted based on my reflections at the time. Opinionated? Sure, but many of those opinions don't stand for long.

The ability to see both sides of an argument is a very useful skill, however losing sight of what you believe in must be disconcerting. :crazy:
I have a friend who has the same problem, I'll probe him on the matter and see if he has anything interesting to say that I can share with you.

Hm, well, the original post has mysteriously vanished, so I'm not sure how PC it is to add something to this.

So, uhm. I'll just add my beef and you can ignore it? I guess?

Spoiler:

I don't know to what lengths this is feasible to "teach" oneself, but it's helped me greatly in life - I simply allow myself to understand just about everything. However, there's a fine difference between understanding and tolerating. Just because I might understand, say, in the extreme case, why a terrorist just blew apart ten people :9 doesn't mean I tolerate it.

Alternatively said (to elaborate)... I find it no problem to empathically connect to just about any person. I make my rational decisions on other things, though. T'is why people who are my friends have zilch safety from my moderation if they're subject to it. I'd permanently ban a best friend from a forum if they were acting to deserve it. I wouldn't like them any less, though.

Apparently, that sort of distinction is "freaky", but honestly, it's one of the most useful things I've come across - namely for the dilemma you presented here - and so I'll suggest it and of course continue to live by it.