Why do people who are against college post on a college and university forum?

[Scooby Snacks]

Originally Posted by warren zee

That is my question.

I'm not a hunter and you won't find me on the gun forum. I'm not religious so I don't stalk the the various religion forums. I don't care about women's fashion so I have nothing to add to fashion and beauty.

What's the deal here?

So what? I don't understand why many people believe that a writer has to agree with a certain subject in order to post about it on forums. Where did that idea come from? And if the person doesn't agree with X topic and says something negative about another person's opinion, he/she is branded the dreaded T word. The purpose of posting on a forum is to discuss it. One can talk about the pros and cons of any subject. After all, we wouldn't want posters to get on the true crime forum and celebrate the crimes that have occurred to victims just because the topic is crime. These forums are about discussion, not conformity.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

So what? I don't understand why many people believe that a writer has to agree with a certain subject in order to post about it on forums. Where did that idea come from? And if the person doesn't agree with X topic and says something negative about another person's opinion, he/she is branded the dreaded T word. The purpose of posting on a forum is to discuss it. One can talk about the pros and cons of any subject. After all, we wouldn't want posters to get on the true crime forum and celebrate the crimes that have occurred to victims just because the topic is crime. These forums are about discussion, not conformity.

But why does almost every thread on this forum have to be hijacked by someone saying "college graduates are burger-flippers"? Here is an example:
What kind of work have you done as a Humanities or Social Science major?
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[toobusytoday]

Thread closed- too much arguing.