Making Twitter Less Toxic // Braylan Stringfellow

     So far, I really do enjoy The Abolition of Man. I really do enjoy the points that C. S. Lewis is making about our feelings or emotions. On page 6, he makes a point about feelings that people today do the complete opposite of. I believe that if people would apply this point to their lives, it would make places like twitter less toxic.

    C. S. Lewis says that “The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it” (Lewis 6). Emotion, or feelings, comes from the heart and reason comes from the head. Emotions are not truth because they are simply a reaction to something we experience. C. S. Lewis agrees with this when we says “No emotion is, in itself, a judgement” (6). He also makes the point that  emotions can be reasonable or unreasonable. This means that emotions have the potential the be lined up with truth or no where near truth. For this reason, we should run our feelings through the filter of reason and logic so that our feelings will not cloud our judgments for truth.


    Sadly in todays society, people will allow there emotions to take the place of reason and logic to define what they think is truth. People take their feelings to form opinions that they treat as truth. This is why misinformation is so widespread. The result of this is the extreme hate that we see people have towards others who have different opinions. Instead of reasoning with others to find the truth, they will instead insult and attack someone with a differing opinion. Honestly, if the people of twitter, or social media in general, would use logic and reason to see if there feelings are reasonable, we might could go back to a more civilized era where people would discuss there differing opinions to find truth. 


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  1. Raygan BosterMarch 14, 2022 at 6:52 PM

    The second paragraph really resonates with me personally. I know my emotions can be really irrational and unreasonable at times. The key is realizing it. I was always taught that it is okay to feel any way that you feel but to "separate your thoughts from your behavior". Realizing that you are in a really emotional and irrational state of mind can help you filter out any rude words or behaviors before any damage is done.

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  2. Joshua NaqviMarch 14, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    Your third paragraph is exceptionally true. Often times people will allow feelings to replace truth in their lives. This is dangerous because our feelings often times will lie to us. Feelings can be helpful but it is important to make sure they are grounded in reason. This also will help the person be able to interpret differing opinions and keep a level head about it.

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