I'm drawn to saying controversial things because I think they shouldn't be controversial. I'm mad that people get furious over true things because of external implications that they see as bad. I want to keep saying true things for the sheer point of being able to say them.
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I'm afraid of the world where people stop saying true things because they're afraid of what it might mean.
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Then that's a different and also a good discussion to have! Saying "I don't think that's accurate" = awesome. Saying "You can't say that, you're a [insult]" = bad
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How do you distinguish your desire for truth from grifting?
Saying controversial things is bound to bring you a lot of attention, and I'm guessing like me, you have some egoic parts that are always hungry for more of that.
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yeah; i've been introspecting on that part of me. I think it comes from an anger that people are angry at me, and trying to say innocent things to make them angry to demonstrate that they're wrong for getting angry.
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Right - but I think those issues can just be solved by saying more true things. If enough true things are said and accepted then the implications won't be misleading.
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What would the opposite of this be?
To say false things to mesh with the general public and avoid conflict?
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Yeah. I had a hard time in grad school not saying controversial things I didn't think should be controversial. By this I mean I said them, and it often got me in trouble. Often it was just asking basic questions.
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