People who say they don't care what others think of them are a) Speaking of specific groups of people they don't want to impress, b) highly neurologically atypical or mentally ill, c) lying to present a certain image thus caring what people think of them.
The former was my meaning, yes. I don't think it's very common for people to be neutral on what others think of them. This is why public shaming is devastating even if you don't know 99.9% of the public that is shaming you.
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I agree. It is nerve wracking but I am relating to personal experience where I had a socially unpopular position among friends and acquaintences. I hoped friends would listen to what I said, didn't care about acquaintences. JBP and his "don't say things you know to be untrue"
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We might be neutral on what people think of us on certain topics but this is what I mean by certain groups. I don't care if people who hate women, atheists, liberals etc hate me. I still care for public opinion generally.
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I understand. And that pressure of caring about public opinion can cause conformity, which is fine for social cohesion, Japanese proverb, "The nail which stands up is the which gets beaten down." It is sinister when it is manipulated to force adherence to an ideology.
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