What's So Wrong With Being Absolutely Right by Judy J. Johnson

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4. Excellent thoughts on the subject.

I have experienced the same.

A thread in the other forum has a classic example of this for me. Dogmatists of this sort discussed here will often push inaccurate information or complete distortions of words, meanings, and ideas in order to push an agenda. Naturally that drives away the scholars or those educated in such topics be it religion, psychology, history, etc. I find it ironic that the authoritarians are not 'authorities' on the topics they push. They are often dogmatic and yet not truly educated in the subjects they preach about.

Study after study has shown that the internet & social media promote this type of behavior. It can bring out the worst of our narcissistic sides. How do we really show empathy and compassion on a static page with only words and occasional emoticons? Do scholars and those educated in topics simply cede the 'rooms' to the bullies and the agenda driven rage-filled instigators?