"Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts" as stated by Margaret Drabble. This could be interpreted as one's will to comply with other people and/ or their ideals is much greater than someone wanting to side with facts that aren't influenced by personal opinion (objective). But why is this so? Does someone's opinion affect our judgment to what's logically correct or is it the fact that we are persuaded by the norm of the group?
One can say that it is human nature to conform with others to agree or comply with their ideas. But for those that are opposing of the idea of conformity, in technicality they are still conformists. So many people rebel against the norm of conformity that they don't realize that they are still going along with the flow of others to agree that being followers or subjects to society's mainstream culture is still conforming.
As society's people we shouldn't necessarily be concerned with people's subjective opinions but the fact of the matter. Maybe if we stopped focusing on the differences of the Democrat and Republican parties and how they react to stupid statements such as "fucking retarded" maybe this nation could accomplish something for a change. We worry about thoughts and ideas more than proven facts. It's human nature too i guess so who am i to judge the normal behavior of human beings... Conform or not to conform? Which one is the answer?
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