Why do people find different opinions so hostile?

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Everytime I present opinions which differ from my interlocutor or someone on a regular forum, they seem to get angry and take it personally. Is this a very neurotypical thing?

I find it so difficult to understand this.

In person, I generally don't discuss controversial issues. I think politics and religion are both uninteresting subjects as they have no importance to me and I believe they are trivial issues. Discussing them serves no purpose as I believe they are both power systems interested only in controlling what other people do and think. I have absolutely no interest in arguing about this.

I received a lot of negative responses when I questioned someone's views about a games console. I said I didn't think that the console in question was worth buying in my opinion. A few other people got upset that I expressed this opinion and attacked me verbally. I defended myself by mocking their arguments and assumptions about the value of opinions. I use a lot of satire and irony while doing this and I tend to form complex sentences which some people don't like.

I believe that opinions have no value at all even my own as they can't be verified scientifically and debating about them is a futile action. I try to express my opinions clearly and also explain the reasoning behind such opinions so that others can learn a little about those opinions. I mocked the insistence of these people that they were right and I was wrong by pointing out the relativity of opinions. They then complained that I was writing too much and that my opinions weren't as valid as theirs because I lacked their knowledge. Why are people so attached to inanimate objects? I like my games console but this doesn't me I don't like yours too.

Do people always try to find things to fight about even pointless things like politics, the value of football players or games consoles?

I know some people think politics are important because it makes them feel good about having power but in reality I think small groups of people exercise power over large groups of people everywhere and I think this is wrong. I think democracy is a delusion that is useful to those who want to exercise power over people who think they are free. People should be free to make up their own minds and not be subjected to the whims of any one person or groups of people.

You speak as though the 'controlled' majority had no choice in their opinions.
I really don't get the preoccupation with 'mind control' - it always smacks to me of the tin-foil hat brigade.
For every idea that's planted in the minds of the masses, there's an opposing one planted by someone else.
Where's the 'mind control' there ?

Or are you simply talking about political bias ?

Not neurotypical; just the view of those who think they are more important than the rest of us.