SLAPPING THE MOSQUITOES
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” Euripides O ne of the things that I have learnt the hard way – and, now, try to practice consciously – is not to get into arguments with people with extreme bias – political, religious, racial etc. It has become easier for us to trace such people on social-media platforms. Those who relentlessly and indiscriminately keep displaying their bias towards what they don’t like – people of other religion, political affiliation or race – are the ones I do not like to argue with on public platforms. I leave them alone. And, when they cross all the boundaries, I simply unfollow them. Is it advisable to get into ‘ugly fights’ on social platforms? Does it serve any purpose, except by giving us that strange ego-kick? We can watch what happens when some of our friends indulge in such ugly fights on social-media groups… We can, also, see it on daily TV debates… All of us are capable of recognizing what is ugly and toxic. And, al...