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> Could you provide an example of free expression, not committed to either "enlarging understanding" or "uncovering truth", that would be part of a useful conve
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
> Could you provide an example of free expression, not committed to either "enlarging understanding" or "uncovering truth", that would be part of a useful conversation?
"wanna fuck?"
Now I get to watch you and others try to backpedal "enlarging understanding" to simply mean communicate so that the above expression can fall into it, otherwise you're clearly wrong.
But no human is going to use the phrase "enlarging understanding" to simply mean communication, so I'm not going to buy it.
- 082349872349872 4y agoThat's actually a great example, because it's a useful conversation, but not a useful academic conversation. However (assuming the context is not harassment) it is "uncovering truth": the presence or absence of consent. (resolved: that we should turn conversation into action? Come on, baby, I'm tired of talking Grab your coat and let's start walking )
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoWatch them juke and jive folks! sting like a snake, juke like a sloth! They went for the other one, that sure showed me! No mental gymnastics here folks, just good ole fashioned awesome-sauceness. --- or how about no, I reject it just as I said I would. "expression is always about stuff". Now go on, try to show that I'm wrong. I've both said something irrefutable and said nothing at all.