diversity of opinions

i think we should talk about the diversity of opinions more. it seems like we tend to categorize things into good / bad, right / wrong, ingroup / outgroup a lot. a good example of that is someone making a post sharing a cherry pie recipe (ok, not a post but a short video, same thing though) and getting the comments of "i hate cherries", as though the possibility of someone liking cherries when you do not is so foreign that it needs to be quickly asserted. i am not even talking about the hot topics of social issues / politics / religion. more examples of different opinions which are OK: someone hating a book you love (or someone loving a book you hate). i've seen people conclude very harsh things about the reader based on them liking or disliking a single book (again, not talking about clearly political books, in that sense it is a harsh opinion based on the person's political views - not my point here). kids wearing whatever they want to wear, including tails, is ok. adults thinking…