Politics and moderation

[CosmicSex]

Hmm, I rarely engage but what I notice is that there are people who believe their opinion should override people's ability to decide what the want for themselves. For example:
I read a comment saying 'Sex and Gender are the same thing'

they don't say its an oponion, they say it like there is no other way of thinking as if it overrides other people's views on the topic. Its the idea that another viewpoint is to purged that I find problematic. Who am I to decided how people understand and project a construct like gender? I have my own opinion but that is how i define myself, not how you must be forced to define yourself.
And maybe that's the issue with political discussion online. We never try to understand each other, we only try to reproject ourself on the world.
There seems to be this fear that if we don't see our own views out in the world constantly that we are losing something. I think we should reject that our idea for our own sanity.