Monday, February 11, 2008

discourse and opinions

The word discourse can be ascribed as dangerous because in my opinion it can also cause certain conflict. Some people might not understand how other people do things so they are ignorant to this fact. Discourse is sort of like rebelling in a way because your doing something different. When one does something out of the ordinary it can be equated to danger. Whoever has power seems to govern who can say what and when to say it. Everyone has their own opinions so no one is more powerful than the other person. Everyone has a right to speak on whatever the issue is, but certain people get offended and they assume the person is taking a dangerous stance. Labels such as emotional, or political are just words to fill the dangerous stance. One says these things because they don't have a clear understanding of the issue. It is a way out from addressing the issue.

1 comment:

eweaston said...

Is ambuguity on the issue always the source conflict? What if someone has a very strong working knowledge of both sides of the debate, but continues to participate in the discourse in a dangerous way? When does that happen?