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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Sorry I never have agreed with that tenant of thought. Its an excuse for people unwilling to make a decision in today’s world of fuzzy values. Its the sort of thing that lets everyone feel good about themselves no matter how stupid they are. Some opinions are just flat out wrong, someone can have them, but that does not make them any more correct.
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By your very response your are conceding the fact that opinions are not either correct or incorrect.
How can something be "more correct" if there is correct and there is incorrect? There is no mostly correct and somewhat incorrect just as there is no mostly fact and somewhat non-fact. If something is not completely a fact, it is a non-fact. Which is exactly why there are no correct or incorrect opinions - regardless of whether you believe it is factual to state that it is a means of letting everyone "feel good".
If you want to eliminate the binary nature of correct and incorrect and claim there is a middle ground - then your statement would be accurate. But in doing so, I would be able to "prove" that the color blue is the most correct color for everyone and anyone who disagreed would be mostly wrong. I would also be able to prove that I don't exist or the sun is taking a shower in my bathroom.
The problem with political debate in general is that people believe that many of their opinions are undeniable. Ustwo, you are the preeminent practitioner of that mode of thought around here. The only things which are facts are things that have already occured - nothing in the future is a fact, it is a degree of probability. It is highly probable that the sun will shine tomorrow. It is not a fact. It is to some degree probable that Iraq will fall into a civil war. There is another degree of probability that Iraq will become a shining beacon of democracy. It is patently false to claim either scenario is a fact or a "correct" opinion.
1 + 1 = 2. This is a fact. It is not an opinion. If you disagree that 1 + 1 = 2, you are not expressing an opinion, you are contradicting a fact. There is no more correct or somewhat incorrect aspect to 1 + 1 = 2.
Dogs are nice. This is an opinion. It is not a fact. If you disagree that dogs are nice you are expressing an opinion, not stating a fact. There is no more correct or somewhat incorrect aspect to Dogs are nice.