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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Being careful about the info you give cause it might be weaponized by bad people feels like a good short-term strategy, but bad long-term one. I firmly believe that consistent honesty, even when it seems bad people might take advantage, is the best long-term strategy. 1/
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@Aella_Girl
Bad people who weaponize things *expect* you to be engaging in war with them - withholding info out of fear it might reinforce their opinions. They expect that you are optimizing for ideology war and are not interested in truth, and this ultimately *supports* them.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Being honest about things that might appear to support the side you disagree with is an act of alliance and trust - "I am not going to hide a vulnerability". In order to get people to trust your commitment to truth, you must first be committed to truth!
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@Aella_Girl
I feel weird and bad when people are like "you know making that argument is something that the Bad Side use to weaponize hatred." And like, maybe, but if I hide true things because of that, I just become part of the problem, I'm burning the landscape of trust in each other.
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WER232
@Lotsta2421
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@Aella_Girl
It's so easy to be open when you still believe in the myth that there are people more capable than you who will make sure to salvage your blunders This emotional luxury vanishes the more intelligent you become, at which point every act becomes terrifying if fully accounted for
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Rebel_Exile
@exile_rebel
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@Aella_Girl
Why would you trust a bad actor? There are a lot of logical fallacies in your argument. This would make more sense if you’re an integral person who believes in Truth. Bad actors often use your Truth to gaslight you with their lies, because they may not believe you.