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> Paul has written quite a few essays on this subject, so by now I’m really curious what viewpoint(s) he has that he can’t say aloud One approach would be to l

by bambax 3y ago

> Paul has written quite a few essays on this subject, so by now I’m really curious what viewpoint(s) he has that he can’t say aloud One approach would be to list issues that can't be said aloud today... Many sensitive topics are simply partisan: you can be pro-life or pro-choice, as well as pro- or anti- guns, death penalty, socialism, capitalism, science, war, even democracy! You can say anything on any of those topics without fear of being shunned by everybody. You will upset some people, but not all of them. The only opinions that will get one instantly banned from pretty much everywhere, that I can think of, are sexism and racism. (And rightly so, may I add.) So when someone says "there are things that are true that can't be said", I wonder if they're entertaining thoughts that I would find... unpalatable.

cubefox 3y ago
Some things could be true but still taboo. You may believe (with the orthodoxy) that they are false, but this doesn't change the possibility that they are true. And if they are, believing them can't be immoral. (Arguably, even believing falsities can't be immoral, because beliefs aren't the type of thing that are morally right or wrong. It's rather intentions for actions than can be so.)
- bambax 3y ago
  > Some things could be true but still taboo Well yes, that's the whole discussion. It's possible that some things that are taboo, are true. It's even likely! because why else would there be a taboo? Society doesn't need to put a taboo on things that are obviously, totally wrong, like "the earth is flat". Arguably, a taboo is only needed to hide a possible truth. The question is: what are those things? Or if not the things themselves, the domains, the general topic? I can't think of any subject that cannot even be alluded to, like Voldemort.
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  - cubefox 3y ago
    You can't think of a subject matter that is taboo?
  - oalae5niMiel7qu 3y ago
    You just admitted you know of two things that will get you banned everywhere. Then you said that taboos (such as against the things that will get you banned everywhere) are only needed to hide possible truths. Connect the dots.

by bambax 3y ago

cubefox 3y ago

Some things could be true but still taboo. You may believe (with the orthodoxy) that they are false, but this doesn't change the possibility that they are true. And if they are, believing them can't be immoral. (Arguably, even believing falsities can't be immoral, because beliefs aren't the type of thing that are morally right or wrong. It's rather intentions for actions than can be so.)

bambax 3y ago
> Some things could be true but still taboo Well yes, that's the whole discussion. It's possible that some things that are taboo, are true. It's even likely! because why else would there be a taboo? Society doesn't need to put a taboo on things that are obviously, totally wrong, like "the earth is flat". Arguably, a taboo is only needed to hide a possible truth. The question is: what are those things? Or if not the things themselves, the domains, the general topic? I can't think of any subject that cannot even be alluded to, like Voldemort.
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- cubefox 3y ago
  You can't think of a subject matter that is taboo?
- oalae5niMiel7qu 3y ago
  You just admitted you know of two things that will get you banned everywhere. Then you said that taboos (such as against the things that will get you banned everywhere) are only needed to hide possible truths. Connect the dots.