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[secret love]

Originally Posted by secret love

The most offensive thing you can say to someone is to tell them how to think. My opinion is my business, not yours!

When people post things on the Ledge that I disagree with, I try to refrain from saying their opinion is wrong. Instead I like to tell them my different view and explain why I feel that way.

I completely agree with Elle about "thought police". There is a proliferation of them here on the Ledge. The thought police seem unaware how rude it is to tell someone to change their way of thinking. That is the job of psychiatrists only! It is not the job of Ledgies!

Originally Posted by nicole21290

Yes, that's completely what CAD meant...

MAYBE it could've been worded better but I do agree that it's a little strange that there is much debating as to his identity and whether his nose is quite the same or whatever. It is VERY cool to have a new photo from this time period so yeah, it was odd to come here and Facebook and just see people going 'oh, well, really doesn't look like him...'. That's all. No, there's no need to tell people how to react but surprise at how people HAVE reacted is something I do understand, and I felt it myself.

I mean, it's no big deal, but I think the comment CAD made doesn't seem to exactly warrant all this blathering about 'thought police' and so on. IMO.

My post about thought police (see above) was not directed towards you Nicole. It was a general statement that I felt needed to be said about the attitude of some (not all) Ledgies that if you do not agree with them, then your opinion is invalid.

There are people who have replied to my thread "There will never be another Fleetwood Mac album" and "This is the best performance of Stand Back" flaming me for using a shorthand. I'm supposedly the world's worst because I left out the words "In my opinion" when I wrote my thread titles. How I express myself in writing is my business and the Ledge does not exist for members to criticise other members' poor written expression.

It is not just directed at me. I see other Ledgies heavily criticised by people regularly. Why? Person B disagrees with Person A, so Person A says you're wrong I'm right please change your opinion. This has to stop.

It stifles freedom of expression and it stifles debate.

It is a problem endemic to The Ledge.