Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

@Commune  
We’ve heard that side already, and it doesn’t suck any less with time.

@Commune  
It depends on what the issue is. If it’s with anti-vaxxers, then it’s no contest which side should be more listened to.

@Commune  
We should so we know better how to sniff out bullshit.

Oh the distrust of science, medicine , and formal education. It’s a shame. It’s like watching a deaf person standing on the train tracks.
 
 
People who put no effort into understanding natural science and think they’re going to be their child’s doctor are dangerous lunatics.

Germany is not as great as people make it seem.
 
Trains constantly get delayed ^{(No, I am not coming an hour early. That’s retarded.)}, food is stupidly expensive and boring, architecture is plain and just square, no tall buildings outside of huge cities because of stupid cultural law ^{(Which means renting is hard.)}, shops don’t open after 8:00 pm ^{(Stupidest law I’ve ever seen.)}, and people aren’t really that nice ^{(I don’t trust the police here.)}. While everything is more convenient here compared to the chaotic lifestyle that is Malaysia, Jesus Christ does this place make you feel lonely.

@Scrabbleman  
You forgot the worst part  
Their terrible taste in Music

@Broken Adam  
I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT STUPID SONG EVERYDAY BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T AFFORD BUYING EARPHONES!
 
IT’S SO SHIT!

I like the Grateful Dead.
 
(And I’m not a stoner.)

@Commune  
I’d say what’s important is our ability to hear both sides to begin with. Banning one side (I’m not saying you’re for it but there are some people who are calling for anti-vaxxers to be banned from places like Facebook and Twitter) only convinces them they’re right. They think banning them means you’re afraid and don’t have the facts on your side. It just turns the banned individual into a martyr. Why do you think Alex Jones became more popular than ever after he was banned from all major social media platforms? It’s basic human curiosity: you want to see what’s censored, what others have deemed too dangerous for you.
 
That’s why I believe the best way to stop the anti-vaxxer movement is to give them a voice. Their crackpottery tends to do more to persuade people they’re wrong anyway.
 
Choosing not to hear their side doesn’t stop them from talking. You might as well at least know what they’re saying so you can properly respond to their inaccuracies.

@pixel  
Anti-vaxxers are legitimately dangerous to everyone. Vaccination causes herd immunity and makes it hard for diseases that were almost extinct a century ago to spread.

@Mikey  
Pixel wasn’t disagreeing to that, just that banning them would only cause people people too look into them and that letting them speak would cause people too see their foolishness.

@TheHappySpaceman  
That’s unpopular? I love Grateful Dead.

@Meanlucario  
Streisand effect.

@Meanlucario  
I’m not sure letting them speak will make things better either.

@Mikey  
At least if we let them speak, we can just disprove their points and show how little they actually know.

@ILoveMyoozik  
I know that the Dead are hated among a lot of people for their fanbase (and because a great number of people haven’t actually taken the time to listen to them).

@Mikey  
Personally, I’d argue with anti-vaxxers and call them stupid. I’d insult their entire anti-vaxxing community and call them all stupid. I’ll drill it into their minds how fucking stupid they are for being against vaccination. I’ll ridicule them, humiliate them and wait for them to break apart like glass.

@Meanlucario  
Well if telling them to look at the measles outbreak hasn’t done jack shit I’m not so sure.

@Mikey  
I mean for those that aren’t fully aware of what anti-vaxxers are. Blocking them would be akin to censorship to outsiders, and to us Americans, censorship is akin to hiding opinions that we disagree with, so letting them speak would let them show their stupidity in full display and cause less people to become mislead.

@Meanlucario  
Of course, people as dumb or dumber could just join their side, and unfortunately, it’s not the kind of situation you can just pull back and say, ‘whatever, they die, I live, no skin off my nose’.

That ’70s Show > Friends.

@PonyPon  
Still, blocking them would just draw people to them since people would see it as censorship.

i’d watch a “that 70’s show” set in the 90’s

@Angrybrony  
Same, TBH. Though judging by the spectacular failure of That ’80s Show (yes, that was a real thing), it would have to be under the right writers.

@pixel  
Except giving them a voice is what is making them proliferate  
Especially when they are targeting poorer communities  
Force their children to take vaccines, silence them and send that fucking quack Andrew Wakefield to jail