That is the question.
Many of us have had a conversation or more on social media with random strangers, and as social media posts have developed, we are seeing more trends and similar behaviours.
You have your rational thinkers who provide information based on fact and experience, and then you have those who believe freedom of speech gives them the opportunity to post what they want.
Sometimes there are genuine feelings behind these responses, and sometimes people are rocking the boat because it is something to do.
There is nothing wrong with being a rational or emotional thinker. In order to have a ‘wise mind’ we need both, but there has been more and more confrontations, it seems, between the two thinkers as well as the disbelief in the event due to random information on the internet. In many cases this random information from the internet is unverified, and this is also the case of videos shared on social media which can easily be edited.
This episode focuses on these two thinkers and provides details on (as I like to call it) ‘blanket blame’ threads of a post. The references within this episode are a wildlife forum commenting against the police regarding the increase in animal attacks in the London area.
Please have an open mind when you listen to this, as animal attacks by their very nature spark emotion. Again there is nothing wrong with having emotions, but when you are a very rational thinker in the middle of all of this it gets a bit sour very quickly.
Since this was recorded, I and the individuals referenced to in the post have reached an accord and one showed exceptional integrity, highlighting that even if you do not agree with the other person, you can appreciate their point of view without resorting to derogatory speech.
Diagram sources:
Rational Mind vs Emotional Mind vs Wise Mind, Reddit
Wise Mind, Snikkidoodle
