@fmf saidI think we may be less hypocritical in our online interactions, we may be careful how we express ourselves in writing. Offline, or among friends, we may be more openhearted as we are accepted for whom we are with our shortcomings and qualities.
Politicians and their ilk aside, do ordinary people generally exhibit more hypocrisy in their online interactions than they do in their offline interactions?
Or is it the other way around?
Does hypocrisy increase with disinhibition?
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@the-gravedigger saidJust keep your shovel in your pants, Mr. Digger.
This is the interweb baby.
Anything goes.
@torunn saidInteresting points. However, I see it as being the other way around.
I think we may be less hypocritical in our online interactions, we may be careful how we express ourselves in writing. Offline, or among friends, we may be more openhearted as we are accepted for whom we are with our shortcomings and qualities.
For every human quality you can construct an opposite quality.
The opposite of being true to your beliefs is being able to know when you must change your thinking.
The opposite of being bold, forthright and courageous is being cautious and thoughtful and taking care of your impact on others.
If you believe there is a time and a place for every quality as opposed to one quality being superior to it's opposite, then you will happily change your mind as required. If you believe you must define yourself by one stance as if the human mind were never conflicted and should never change, then you will be surrounded by hypocrisy. You will perpetuate wars rather than move your position and join in a process of collective thought and growth which by definition requires change.
@relentless-red saidDo you think "collective thought" is something desirable in an online environment like a message board?
You will perpetuate wars rather than move your position and join in a process of collective thought and growth which by definition requires change.
@relentless-red saidWhat definition of "hypocrisy" do you have in mind that makes this sentence work for you?
If you believe you must define yourself by one stance as if the human mind were never conflicted and should never change, then you will be surrounded by hypocrisy.
I see "hypocrisy" as being engaging in the same behavior for which one criticizes another person.
I don't see how "being surrounded by hypocrisy", or not as the case may be, would be affected by your "conflicted" mind.
Shouldn't people strive to define their stance on hypocrisy in one way: hypocrisy is unethical. Right?
Why would it ever be good for that ethical stance to change?
@relentless-red saidIs there "a time and a place" for hypocrisy, to your way of thinking? Are there times when hypocrisy is "superior to its opposite"?
If you believe there is a time and a place for every quality as opposed to one quality being superior to it's opposite, then you will happily change your mind as required.