IMPORTANT: “Criticism” that starts with “All *…” or is obviously insulting, or defaming beyond verified facts is excluded.

You might be thinking “no shit, Sherlock”, but it is really common that legitimate criticism is dismissed as anti-* or *-phobic, or because of political or religious ideology.

  • nebulaone@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 days ago

    Go ahead and post some legitimate factual criticism on a major religion or ideology and see what happens.

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      7 days ago

      Why does it shock you that people get upset when their groups get criticized? Obviously people are biased towards their own groups they’re a part of. It doesn’t mean they don’t hold this opinion it just means they don’t think your criticism is fair which could possibly be because they’re biased.

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        6 days ago

        You literally just explained why this is an unpopular opinion. It isn’t that it is shocking, it is just disappointing that it is an intrinsic flaw of human cognition to be resistant to challenging our own preconceived beliefs and are prone to letting bias cloud our judgement.

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          6 days ago

          You’re not expressing an unpopular opinion, you’re just wishing people practiced the beliefs they proclaim to have.