SenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agoPeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesmessage-squaremessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1message-squarePeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesSenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square107linkfedilinkfile-text
Inheriting their worldview from consensus or comfort, never having to earn it through actual thought.
minus-squareSpiffyPotato@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoThat’s a great question and I’m not sure I have a definitive answer. For lack of better description, it would be the vibe I got from them: Do I feel like they’re being deliberately argumentative. Do I feel like they’re trying to twist my words in an unkind way. Are they looking for ways to find offence in what I’ve said.
That’s a great question and I’m not sure I have a definitive answer. For lack of better description, it would be the vibe I got from them: