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I think your examples are great, and you're right, but I also think you're ignoring the specific context of the actual quote. This is a psychologist talking abo

I think your examples are great, and you're right, but I also think you're ignoring the specific context of the actual quote. This is a psychologist talking about people in our culture dealing with social issues. So yeah, I think the statement taken as such is strictly false as you noted, but that the meaning is highly indexical[0] and probably has merit. [0]: https://carcinisation.com/2020/01/27/ignorance-a-skilled-practice/ https://carcinisation.com/2020/01/27/ignorance-a-skilled-pra...

lazide 3y ago
Nope, plenty of ‘alternate’ takes are complete cowardice and destructive - as well as plenty of ‘mainstream’ ones. In fact, the actual courageous stand - for something that works on balance for nearly everyone, isn’t destructive (but might be boring) even if some folks don’t like it has pretty much no voice right now. Doesn’t generate clicks, would generate haters.