Agree To Disagree...It's Not Hard To Do.
By menace730
@menace730 (506)
Philippines
July 29, 2011 10:26am CST
You know today I was talking with a fellow mylotter in a discussion and guess what? Our opinions differed on the topic. We did not attack each others opinion, we just stated what our opinion was and agreed to disagree. We don't hate each other, in fact it was a great conversation. It's sooooo refreshing to be able to talk with another person and have an intelligent conversation. We all will have different opinions from time to time on particular subjects and it's OK to disagree, in fact sometimes you might even learn something that you were not aware of and change your opinion.
I have seen conversations that I stayed out of because I did not want to have a war over a difference of opinion.
So, my question to you is...Do you get mad when someones opinion differs from yours? Can you agree to disagree? Are you man/women enough to change your opinion if you realize yours is not right? Hmmmmm...
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8 responses
@koperty3 (1876)
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29 Jul 11
I'm not getting mad when someone got different opinion than mine. Life is more interesting when people talk about many things. That is why I like this place so much. I can't imagine that people will be always agreeing with me. It would be so boring. Also sometimes I can be wrong and never know about it if people would not express their opinions.
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes, yes, yes koperty...I agree completely. As I have said above, I want to here different opinions.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
29 Jul 11
Thanks!Hi! You did it! Ams as promised I'm here. Yes I am Finally woman enough to agree to disagree. When I was a child I wuld just assume Everything I thought and felt was wrong. So It never shocked me when others had a different opinion. Back then I was More Stubborn so I wouldn't change my views so I would say abd act as if being wrong was my thing. Now , I see that many people actually want to hear my view and many agree with me! So I am not That wrong . But I assume that people are as stubborn as I was and still am. I assume they are " married" to their views as much as I am to my own. So when it comes to the heated things , like Marriage, Children, Abortion, Religion , or politics I just agree to disagree. It is easier and it does save budding friendships. I have close friends who Strongly disagree with my stance on All of these subjects. It Is possible. Thanks for writing a great post. Talk to yuo soon my friend.
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Thanks sarahruthbeth...my dad told me when I was young that when you are having a discussion with someone, to listen and not form an answer in my head before the other person expressed his opinion because when you do this, you have not listened to the other person. Although he also told me not to discuss religion, politics and to never lend out my toothbrush...lol
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I was a very shy little girl . So I wouldn't speak , I just watched and listened.The main thing was I learned how to listen. So I formed my opinions but no one knew about them until I was grown.Now I can voice them here! I enjoy discussing religion but Politics?No, it is so boring!
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
29 Jul 11
That is opinion and i respect others opinion. I am not the type of person that love to battle or debate in something that creates argument at the end. The thing that the best i can do is to listen first and think what the others idea. Then later i will give suggestions and try to fix mine to him or her idea. I dont really likes to disagree if the things is unclear and the same thing as in agree. But why not to agree if he/she has the right idea.
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes mods, if everyone thought this we could have some great peaceful debates. And your right, why not agree if you value and believe the other persons view is correct. Thanks for the input mods...
@picjim (3002)
• India
29 Jul 11
When you say one has to agree to disagree, i strongly support you on that point.That i feel is the crux of liberal thinking.It is the hall mark of a tolerant person though our perceptions on the topic may differ.This,if i may take the liberty is a forum where one can freely express one's opinion.And if in that process we ruffle a few feathers,we ought to take it in the right spirit of a free debate.Only one shouldn't intentionally express views with a desire to hurt or lower the esteem of the other person.We have to be man/women enough to correct our erroneous thought process or change our opinion when our lapses are highlighted through rational discussion or debate on this forum.
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes and if we all agreed on everything, the discussions might get boring. I love hearing and seeing the other side of the coin. It makes me think more about my own opinion and my opinions have been changed because I listened and re-thought mine. Thanks picjim...I wish everyone would just as you said "participate in the spirit of free debate"
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Actually for me it is not too hard to accept if my opinion is against to other opinion as soon as I realize they are correct and reason to change my opinion. However the problem is the other side is not correct but unable to accept the opinion of others.
In a certain discussion the mosth hardest part is to dis-agree to the opinion of the others because the tendecy is more on attacking you or angry with you. So some is playing safe even they have opinion to dis-agree, they decided to agree tothe opinion. In that case we are just like a water in the canal finding a way to flowing contiously..
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes visavis...Sometimes when the other person or persons want to attack in anger over your opinion, it's time to drop from the discussion. When it gets to that point it's and argument and not a discussion anymore. And I will state my opinion but I will not just agree with an others just to play it safe. I will drop like I said from the discussion. There are many through history that were persecuted because of this very topic we are talking about. Thanks visavis for sharing.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
30 Jul 11
I can agree to disagree as well. I don't like when people are out right rude about the disagreement. Like you said, there is no reason for that. You can politely say I see it this way but you see it that way. I totally agree that it's normal for that to happen. However, like I said I have seen many people get rude on here over their different opinion of things. That I do not like...
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes lovingmybabies, and when others get angry I have dropped out of the discussion, and sometimes I really wanted to express my opinion. Thanks for the response.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
29 Jul 11
I stay clear of the politics discussions because of this. I don't listen to politics to much anyway. I also do the same for religion, I have my own beliefs and sure don't want them trampled on. This is just a website to earn with, and yet, I've seen so many different people leave here because of arguments etc that should not have even happened.
We all come from different places, different backgrounds and thus different upbringings. I might say tumato you might say tuhmahto, so what?
I'll steer clear of anything that might cause an argument.
@menace730 (506)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
Yes, I too stay clear of conflict but it's sad sometimes that we can't express our opinions because others will not accept them as just that...our opinions.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
hi dennis,
talk to a much older person than you are about something. and then talk to another person much younger than yourself. you will find there is a kind of "gap thing" between their reasoning.
few older people would agree to disagree. their mind set is "i am older and i know more things than you do". but of course, i am generalizing.
younger generation seems to be more open but sometimes i get to encounter those who feels so sure of themselves even if i find it not correct. there is no humbleness in the way they talk.
it is good to find older people interacting with the younger people. the former would call these older generation... cool.
ann