PUBLIC OPINION

PUBLIC OPINION

The means of social communication are public forums where every man and woman may exchange ideas. The public expression and the confrontation of different opinions that occur within this dialogue influence and enrich the development of society and further its progress.

Public opinion is an essential expression of human nature of organized in a society. This opinion is formed in an innate disposition to give vent to opinions, attitudes and emotions in order to reach a general acceptance on convictions and customs.

Freedom of speech is a normal factor in the growth of public opinion which expresses the ideas and reactions of the more influential circles in a society defined by geography, culture and history. If public opinion is to emerge in proper manner, there should be a mature way of expressing oneself freely in ideas and attitudes.

This freedom is a common good that ought to be expressed without looking over your shoulder as you talk.  We all have different ways of thinking and expressing our thoughts, what counts much is the way you put across your points. There are people who are very good at talking at people. They are often very emotional, arrogant, poor listeners and always want their way out as the best. While they are those who talk to people. They give time for the other to speak and to exhaust his points, however much you may think they are rubbish, they dare to be good listeners, with good listening you will always discover some seeds of truth in that so called rubbish. As the wise will often say that even rubbish can make good manure. 

In public opinion there is give and take, acceptance and rejection, compromise or compilation. The valid ideas can gain ground. We are all to play part in the formation of public opinion, whether through public assembly, social media, debates important you make your point. If you don't publish you perish, and if you perish it may arrive dead.

That is why, not everything you read is a sound opinion but subject it to the scale of logic, historicity, grammar and originality, then you will find the potholes and soft sport to hit hard in the debate. Miguna Miguna is quite smart in this field, very grounded and literally dares the devil…that is true debate…but how many of us can sustain can heat and hit? It’s a natural talent subjected to logic and a mind that is disciplined in history and environment the Hinc et nunc…here and now context of anthro-political pedagogy.

This is what we call propaganda campaign, with the aim of influencing the public to make a choice or an opinion on a given issue of interest. Justified when it serves the truth, its objective and its methods accord with the dignity of man and woman that are in the interest of the public. Some propaganda is toxic and ought to be avoided.

 If you can’t be convinced there is a great possibility to confuse the listener or reader, there will always be in a marketplace a mad man/woman. This attitude often represents distortion of minds with half-truths and we all know that half-truths is never truth, hence, selecting to report what you think people need to listen, serious omission, that affects a clear freedom of decision.

The opinion of the majority, however, changes often. The same ideas gain and sometimes loses hold of the public. Because of this, it is prudent to maintain a certain detachment towards the opinions currently in public vogue. There may well be good reasons that require one to oppose them.