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Questions tagged [expressed-opinion]

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Is it necessary to freedom of thought that racist ideas must be tolerated?

Is it necessary to freedom of thought that racist ideas must be tolerated? Why isn't the paradox of tolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance) also biased? In other words, why can't we also claim a paradox of intolerance, where…
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Is it a logical fallacy? A question about majority opinion and samples

Say a community of X number of people is notified of a sudden policy change by higher authorities, and Y number of people from the community express their opinions for or against the policy change. The other X-Y people either don't express their…
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Is there a rigid model for distinguishing opinion, informed opinion and fact consistently and unambiguously?

Is there a rigid model for distinguishing opinion, informed opinion and fact consistently and unambiguously? What makes this confusing is that depending on the context, it's possible to deviate from even the definitions. That is, since e.g. social…
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Is Dawkins right to reject the idea that we should respect all opinions?

Richard Dawkins once said: “There is an attitude in the culture that says that everybody is entitled to their opinion. You got to respect their opinion. No, you damn well haven’t got to respect their…
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Is there a "correct" set of criteria for classifying "opinions" (e.g. based on accuracy)?

Is there a "correct" set of criteria for classifying "opinions" (e.g. based on accuracy)? Motivation: The concept of opinion is more diverse than subjective: "opinions" can evolve to as far as scientifically backed facts. "opinions" can exist as…
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Is it difficult to know "general opinion"?

Is it difficult to know "general opinion"? Or can it be measured well somehow? I have had this problem of thinking that, when I get another person agree with me that I "possibly" hit a general opinion, yet I could not generalize the general opinion…
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Is group belonging, age, background, racial group invalidate ones opinion?

How do we judge someones expressed opinion? A lot of groups want to intimidate others with the words "hate" speech. Now this is valid if the description being criticised expresses hate towards a group or identity. It is not hate speech if the…
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