Drop the chip from your shoulder please - I was explaining my definition of sheeple not attacking you as such. No attack was mentioned or intended and I apologize if you took anything I said as such.
We're all entitled to our opinions and while I don't agree with all of them I will support people's right to have them.
And to point at your example - if you came to those beliefs honestly and by your own decisions then fine. Those that do not think but take their lead blindly from others that do - those are sheeple.
Once again - you have proven that you have at least _thought_ out some, or possibly all, of your position and viewpoint. You are not sheeple.
At the risk of irritating you I will pass on some advice I've learned over the years. Learn to laugh at people that don't share your opinion or share an opinion without thought. Pity them and treat them as you would a child because they do not KNOW. "You poor poor deluded fool. I pity you because you do not know enough to understand."
Subtle motivation is far more lasting than a brick to the head. If you openly oppose them with force they will only respond with force - it's the way the universe works. They will play the stubborn child to no end and resist any attempt to learn.
But if you nudge them in the right direction they just might have a chance.
Ever watch Futurama? The episode where Bender meets God? "If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
These people are having ideas beaten into their heads and thinking beated OUT of their heads. Arguing with them does nothing but frustrate you. Beating YOUR ideas into their heads is a hard task and will accomplish nothing in the end but a slave to your ideas. And if you're an honest and good, thinking, person that's the last thing you want. (In my opinion anyway.)
Oh, and not once did I say sheeple were worthless - far from it. They are the unawakened force that can push the lever to move the earth. But only if they are taught to think and understand.
Re: sheeple
We're all entitled to our opinions and while I don't agree with all of them I will support people's right to have them.
And to point at your example - if you came to those beliefs honestly and by your own decisions then fine. Those that do not think but take their lead blindly from others that do - those are sheeple.
Once again - you have proven that you have at least _thought_ out some, or possibly all, of your position and viewpoint. You are not sheeple.
At the risk of irritating you I will pass on some advice I've learned over the years. Learn to laugh at people that don't share your opinion or share an opinion without thought. Pity them and treat them as you would a child because they do not KNOW. "You poor poor deluded fool. I pity you because you do not know enough to understand."
Subtle motivation is far more lasting than a brick to the head. If you openly oppose them with force they will only respond with force - it's the way the universe works. They will play the stubborn child to no end and resist any attempt to learn.
But if you nudge them in the right direction they just might have a chance.
Ever watch Futurama? The episode where Bender meets God? "If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
These people are having ideas beaten into their heads and thinking beated OUT of their heads. Arguing with them does nothing but frustrate you. Beating YOUR ideas into their heads is a hard task and will accomplish nothing in the end but a slave to your ideas. And if you're an honest and good, thinking, person that's the last thing you want. (In my opinion anyway.)
Oh, and not once did I say sheeple were worthless - far from it. They are the unawakened force that can push the lever to move the earth. But only if they are taught to think and understand.