Why must people question everyone's opinions to try and make themselves seem so

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   mylife=adventureposted 13 years ago

   Why must people question everyone's opinions to try and make themselves seem so much smarter or...
   
   better?
   
   

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   Stump Parrishposted 13 years ago

   By questioning other I am able to learn about myself. I believe that questioning others actually does make you smarter if you have the capacity to think critically.

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   shynslyposted 13 years ago

   I answered a similiar question in referance to a question relating to God and religion the other night... for most, it boils down to this: Anytime you ask a question about a controversial or opinion oriented subject... we all want one (or both) of two things:
   
   a) to have others who agree with our opinions reaffirm those opinions and make us feel better about our own beliefs.
   
   b) to have others disagree with our opinions so we can pick a fight and "prove" them wrong... typically using more opinion oriented statements... an exercise in futility at best.
   
   Now... to differentiate from what I've just said, which applies in some, but not all, cases... when a question as you've just asked relates to politics, in particular, U.S. politics... people (myself included) tend to get "pissey" about certain opinions when those opinions ultimatedly could lead to a loss of personal freedoms.
   
   Case in point... I'm an avid shooter. Been shooting my whole life, including the seven years I spent defending freedom in service of our nation in the Army, it's a hobby for me. But with that said, as much as I'm a supporter of the second amendment, I am also a law abiding citizen... so when people see something like what happened in Tucson recently (less than an hour from my house) and try to use it as a means to further their personal political agenda that guns should be outlawed because of the actions of one nut-case... yeah... it tends to piss us off and make us argumentative.
   
   One of the unfortunate side effects of "freedom" is that, while most of us sane and rational people see our freedoms as a means to improve our own personal lives, nut cases like Jared Loughner can also use those freedoms to commit horrible acts.
   
   People who try to turn acts commited by freaks like him into some sort of political motivation to further their own OPINION oriented agenda of one form or another (i.e.- guns should be banned) into actual legislation that affects ALL of us are just A$$HOLES that should be dealt with and argued with accordingly.

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   Butch Newsposted 13 years ago

   We're humans and no one wants to feel like they are dumber than anyone else.
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Equality-is-a-myth

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   AngusNzposted 13 years ago

   Humans are constantly trying to improve their position within or amongst others, using sports, work and intelligence each to gain an advantage, ultimately the goal is to make yourself more attractive to other people. Its that gene thing again, if you can gain the advantage you better your prospects of reproducing. Humans have created a complicated society and as such loose their true direction in the tangles of acceptance. Their is no human alive who does not care about the opinion of others if there were they would achieve nothing.

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