Can we come together as Bengals fans for a while?

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(01-05-2020, 04:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: That is very rare anywhere and pretty much nonexistent on the internet.

When someone says "I am right and you are wrong" they are saying "I am smarter than you", and that is going to automatically trigger a defensive reaction.  The more it goes back and forth the stronger it gets.

And our society embraces this.  Sports analyst can't just have an "opinion" they have to have a "hot take" or extreme position, and this is what sells on the most popular shows.  In politics we have a President who talks like a child on a schoolyard playground and many people think he is the greatest.  Many elected officials and political analysts from both sides have been acting like this for years.

And we are a subculture (Bengals fans) and this forum is our own little corner of reality. So why can't we try to be different in here - to appeal to our better selves? Disagreement while still being cordial!