You can’t expect everyone to see 9 as 4+5 because some will see it as 8+1 or even 12 + -3 or many other possibilities, and you need to accept and understand those people. But you don’t have to listen to people who claim 10 + 7 is 9, for example, and you can tell them they’re wrong.
You do not have to accept people who are obviously incorrect, and more importantly, you shouldn’t.
You can’t expect everyone to see 9 as 4+5 because some will see it as 8+1 or even 12 + -3 or many other possibilities, and you need to accept and understand those people. But you don’t have to listen to people who claim 10 + 7 is 9, for example, and you can tell them they’re wrong.
You do not have to accept people who are obviously incorrect, and more importantly, you shouldn’t.
Kids don’t know how to do math but you don’t cast them away, you teach them how to do it.
We’re talking about people who are confidently wrong, not without knowledge and are willing to learn. CONTEXT.
Can I post anything without 50 people taking some smartass point of view outside of its context and thinking they’re correcting me somehow? Holy hell.
Absolutely. Except that the world is more complex, and there is no right answer.
The issue is not that people choose to distance themselves from the conversation.
The issue is that a powerful select few control what you do or do not hear.