I hadn't even realized until now that a person's political views are so important. Because in a country where people are and have always been so divided and only people close to power have lived and are living well, which party you belong to, as funny as it may sound, is a fundamental question. So with people from the communist party, I have nothing to say, I can't even talk, or if I do talk, it has to be very careful, which is practically pointless. And yes, talking about politics is stupidly pointless, I try to avoid it in every possible way, but politics shapes the mentality, the way and the views of life, it is... really everything. Or at least, that's how it is here.🤷♀️
Most people aren't looking to share a view, they’re just trying to force others to agree with them. While I can be agreeable, I can also be extremely stubborn at times. When I refuse to acknowledge their irrational views and since I’m not good at arguing my points, I simply stay quiet. Eventually, they fade out and stop talking because they can’t get a reaction from me, whether it’s politics or anything else.
I admit that I can also be very stubborn in defending my theses. But at the same time, I have managed to look the other way and even change my political views over the years, at first not believing the things that a person I didn't particularly like told me.
Then little by little, one after another, other people told me the same thing, and although at first I really didn't want to believe it, I forced myself to look beyond my firm beliefs. Well, that's why I'm currently a cynical nihilist who doesn't believe in any party. But on the other hand, I admire myself, because otherwise I tend to be very stubborn and don't listen to other people's opinions.😄
I wonder why you didn't really like that person. Was it because they told the truth, or was there something about their attitude? I don't think being opinionated is a bad thing. It helps you stand up for yourself, set boundaries, pursue goals, stay true to yourself and not just follow the crowd.
I think that an intelligent person always has their eyes and ears open and hears, sees and absorbs everything, including the atmosphere in which they find themselves. What is often lacking is the time to think it all through.
Well, that's a long story that has nothing to do with the topic of the post.😃
Was it because they told the truth?
"Truth" is a very relative term. And while this person might have said something that I listened to, and at some point it turned out to be true in my opinion too, the rest of his truth remained just his truth. And while I still managed to listen to someone else's opinion, this person is like most zombies who would defend the crimes of members of the party they sympathize with, no matter what. The truth is that everyone is a criminal (the representatives of every party in our country), but it really takes time for this to become apparent. And we often don't have that time while they "push our buttons" all day long, feeding us lies and constantly juggling our emotions. Every day I never cease to be amazed at the zombies that a certain party has been ensnaring in protests for several years now. Because people in Bulgaria don't protest in principle. But a certain party manages to organize people and make them protest, and honestly, when I see these people on TV, I have the feeling that they are drugged. Or they are really very stupid. As I just read a comment today: so many years of a policy of simplifying the population and here is the result. People simply refuse to think, they want someone else to decide and judge for them. Someone tells them a blatant lie, and everything is okay, this is the truth.🤷♀️
So, yes, one needs to have an opinion. And one formed by oneself, not simply formed by someone else. But the boundary here is also very relative and difficult to distinguish.
I see myself in your description, too. But I can be the opposite of both sides: either I listen to everything someone says, finding every reason to believe them, or I memorize every word just so I can go home and dissect it—finding the fault in every line.
One of the worst things I've done recently was to rip apart an insistence of a good chicken.🐔
Please don't judge me 😣
Someone I find problematic insisted this brand was amazing, so I went full-blown on an investigation of the farm.
It might seem vindictive, but I found proof that the brand’s claims were actually problematic.
I guess I just wanted another proof of that person's judgment—but I learned something new along the way.
I hadn't even realized until now that a person's political views are so important. Because in a country where people are and have always been so divided and only people close to power have lived and are living well, which party you belong to, as funny as it may sound, is a fundamental question. So with people from the communist party, I have nothing to say, I can't even talk, or if I do talk, it has to be very careful, which is practically pointless. And yes, talking about politics is stupidly pointless, I try to avoid it in every possible way, but politics shapes the mentality, the way and the views of life, it is... really everything. Or at least, that's how it is here.🤷♀️
Most people aren't looking to share a view, they’re just trying to force others to agree with them. While I can be agreeable, I can also be extremely stubborn at times. When I refuse to acknowledge their irrational views and since I’m not good at arguing my points, I simply stay quiet. Eventually, they fade out and stop talking because they can’t get a reaction from me, whether it’s politics or anything else.
I admit that I can also be very stubborn in defending my theses. But at the same time, I have managed to look the other way and even change my political views over the years, at first not believing the things that a person I didn't particularly like told me.
Then little by little, one after another, other people told me the same thing, and although at first I really didn't want to believe it, I forced myself to look beyond my firm beliefs. Well, that's why I'm currently a cynical nihilist who doesn't believe in any party. But on the other hand, I admire myself, because otherwise I tend to be very stubborn and don't listen to other people's opinions.😄
I suppose stubborn could be the nicest word to describe us.
I wonder why you didn't really like that person. Was it because they told the truth, or was there something about their attitude? I don't think being opinionated is a bad thing. It helps you stand up for yourself, set boundaries, pursue goals, stay true to yourself and not just follow the crowd.
I think that an intelligent person always has their eyes and ears open and hears, sees and absorbs everything, including the atmosphere in which they find themselves. What is often lacking is the time to think it all through.
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Well, that's a long story that has nothing to do with the topic of the post.😃
"Truth" is a very relative term. And while this person might have said something that I listened to, and at some point it turned out to be true in my opinion too, the rest of his truth remained just his truth. And while I still managed to listen to someone else's opinion, this person is like most zombies who would defend the crimes of members of the party they sympathize with, no matter what. The truth is that everyone is a criminal (the representatives of every party in our country), but it really takes time for this to become apparent. And we often don't have that time while they "push our buttons" all day long, feeding us lies and constantly juggling our emotions. Every day I never cease to be amazed at the zombies that a certain party has been ensnaring in protests for several years now. Because people in Bulgaria don't protest in principle. But a certain party manages to organize people and make them protest, and honestly, when I see these people on TV, I have the feeling that they are drugged. Or they are really very stupid. As I just read a comment today: so many years of a policy of simplifying the population and here is the result. People simply refuse to think, they want someone else to decide and judge for them. Someone tells them a blatant lie, and everything is okay, this is the truth.🤷♀️
So, yes, one needs to have an opinion. And one formed by oneself, not simply formed by someone else. But the boundary here is also very relative and difficult to distinguish.
I see myself in your description, too. But I can be the opposite of both sides: either I listen to everything someone says, finding every reason to believe them, or I memorize every word just so I can go home and dissect it—finding the fault in every line.
One of the worst things I've done recently was to rip apart an insistence of a good chicken.🐔
Please don't judge me 😣
Someone I find problematic insisted this brand was amazing, so I went full-blown on an investigation of the farm.
It might seem vindictive, but I found proof that the brand’s claims were actually problematic.
I guess I just wanted another proof of that person's judgment—but I learned something new along the way.