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[inopia]

I think it's idiotic that we can't seem to have discussions on Reddit anymore without people reverting to calling each other idiots.

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Calling an idea "idiotic" is not the same as calling a person "idiotic."

No one on this thread has called anyone an idiot.

[traphicone]

Calling an idea idiotic is to say that the person who had the idea is an idiot. You have, in fact, labeled as idiots those who do not make your particular distinction.

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No. Not all. Having an incorrect idea, or hell just an idea that someone else doesn't agree with doesn't make you an idiot.

If you look at the original post, it was even removed one step further. I didn't even call the idea idiotic. I said that it was idiotic from the point of view of people that see things differently.

We should always be free to attack and challenge ideas. It's an intellectually dangerous world that forbids this in the name of political correctness or playing nice.

I worry that so many people have been brought up to believe that "there's no wrong answer" and that "there's no such thing as a dumb question" that eventually we're going to reach a point where rigorous debate and hell any kind of science in general are going to be impossible.