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"Taking responsibility for what you say" often equals being attacked or ostracized for deviating from the Correct Opinion. Anonymity is often required for freed
by TheTrotters 6y ago
"Taking responsibility for what you say" often equals being attacked or ostracized for deviating from the Correct Opinion. Anonymity is often required for freedom of expression.
Give a person a mask and he'll tell you the truth, and all that.
- kibwen 6y ago> Give a person a mask and he'll tell you the truth Rather, give a person a mask and they'll tell you whatever will most further their own goals, be it truth or falsehood. If only the complete absence of accountability were sufficient to ensure truth.
- inglor_cz 6y agoStill better than a forced smile and repetition of harmless trivialities. Bluntness may not be likeable, but you can often learn something useful from it, even if it feels offensive.
- watwut 6y agoExcept that bluntness is not useful truth in opposition to pleasant lie. Majority of times it is euphemism for "insulting by making untrue statements, literally lying to get back at someone, exaggerate to vent own negative emotions".
- inglor_cz 6y agoEven if bluntness only equals useful truth for a minority of times, it is still worth it. Truth is a rare and important commodity, much like gold is. You would not throw away a mineral that has "only" a few per cent gold as useless, only because non-gold forms the bulk of it.
- watwut 6y agoNah, there are plenty of truthful things around. My point is, being jerk should not be equated with truth and people who are not jerks pretty often don't lie.
- inglor_cz 6y agoIt should not be equated to truth, no. My point is, the most valuable insights regarding myself and my behavior came from people who were willing to be blunt with me. I would be a worse person today if I never heard some of the observations that made me swallow hard and even get angry.
- concordDance 6y agoI think most people aren't rational actors and have a tendency to tell the truth (out of habit and yo reduce cognitive dissonance if nothing else)