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> You can't share values if you tolerate people thinking other values are better. It seems like a toxic, dystopian, totalitarian nightmare to live in a society
by systemvoltage 5y ago
> You can't share values if you tolerate people thinking other values are better.
It seems like a toxic, dystopian, totalitarian nightmare to live in a society like that. I want dissent. I want good debate. I want people to be able to call bullshit when it is. I want to bring down people that have posted up themselves to these unproductive positions, dogmatizing their ideology by force and by shame, not by good intent, listening to each other, and seeking truth and fairness.
Culture is "pull", not "push". You want to pull people with empathy, not supress them. No one is forcing people to wear British invented shirts and pants. They are because people choose to over their native dress. It is utilitarian, comfortable and superior.
- sangnoir 5y ago> I want people to be able to call bullshit when it is. If only there was a universal catalog of "bullshit" things. Since there isn't, it's common for those out of tune with the majority in one aspect to dislike their opinions being called out as bullshit, subjectively.
- systemvoltage 5y agoClaim: 1+2 = 4 Me: Bullshit! It’s called logic and reasoning.
- sangnoir 5y agoNot leaving room for nuance is bullshit. As an example, for manufacturing engineering, "1 + 2 = 4" may be well within the tolerances. So, it being bullshit depends on the error bars (I get it, some people don't believe in the existence of error bars)