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>On the other hand, I'm aware that certain influential figures explicitly manipulate their speech in order to primarily amass personal power regardless of any s
by Ambolia 4y ago
>On the other hand, I'm aware that certain influential figures explicitly manipulate their speech in order to primarily amass personal power regardless of any second-order effects.
This also happens because if there's an explicit or implicit ban on addressing those topics and retaining a place in polite society, then only people crazy enough to disregard polite society will address those topics.
- xenophonf 4y ago> This also happens because if there's an explicit or implicit ban on addressing those topics and retaining a place in polite society, then only people crazy enough to disregard polite society will address those topics. What topics would those be?
- ben_w 4y agoBy definition, writing down specific current examples would be a terrible idea. Historically, I might suggest the song "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols, or the book "Lady Chatterly's Lover", or poem "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name", given the effect they had on "polite society".