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A person can be smart in one domain and stupid in another, so much is clear (think Grothendieck in maths and politics) But a person cannot be both respectable
by anon4711 10y ago
A person can be smart in one domain and stupid in another, so much is clear (think Grothendieck in maths and politics)
But a person cannot be both respectable and disrespectable at the same time, I find, although I'm afraid now we might be disagreeing rather about words than ideas. Respectability, to me, is a compliment to somebody's set of values.
- omginternets 10y agoI agree, but the point was rather about censorship. I find it troubling that we should censor (explicitly or otherwise) someone on accounts of his respectability. I find this especially true when the source of disrespectability stems from an unrelated topic.