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"Forcing Ideas on Others" What does this phrase mean to you?

i have read this phrase many times on Y/A answers. Certainly you can force submission. You can intimidate to require compliance. You can lie and mislead but none of these actions can "force" an idea into someone's head.

So what exactly is "forcing ideas on others"? Surely it is more than just someone stating their beliefs.

Update:

What's up? The thumbs down crowd is really out tonight.

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    That could only really be done to our children through indoctrination. Gentle force. Soft tyranny.

  • Zaza
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    You mean like religion? I haven't figured out how religion can be forced on another person. It's clearly a talking point.

    But, if the government is forcing something on the population, disregarding the will of the majority, that's an entirely different story.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The phrase has broad meanings and uses, A nation through its laws, a Corporation through its polices, A parent via curfew....you get the drift?

    EDIT: You did not need to thumb me down,I wasn't forcing my ideal upon you.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Its what authors do when you read a book but not what FoxNews does when you listen to their comic news

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    no one is forcing me to do nothing especially all this losers in YA

    because I know what I want

  • 9 years ago

    It means tea party dolts screaming.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    By making those ideas law.

  • 9 years ago

    its that good ol' fashion propaganda sweet cakes

  • 9 years ago

    Government Propaganda .

  • 9 years ago

    DICTATORSHIP!

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