You can measure the level of intolerance in a society by whether you can say that there are things that are true, but that you can't say. Every society I know of has had them. When the fact that yours has them becomes one of them, you've reached level 2.
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Well, one reason is that you could get killed. Someone in Saudi Arabia who had doubts about religion, for example, would be ill advised to just say it and deal with the consequences.
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No, why don’t *you* say it, and accept the consequences?
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Because often times saying something minor kills your chances of doing something major. See: politics. Fake example: Scott Weiner can’t say lots of true things he thinks about say the riots recently because he does not want to submarine forever his housing goals.
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PG is not a politician.
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Yeah that's the thing. We can say anything we want. The question becomes do we have the endurance to deal with the fallout?
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Do you think YC stayed as non-inclusive as it did for so long because those in charge saw what was happening and didn't say anything? Or bc they didn't see it at all? Both seem pretty problematic...
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Because it attracts mobs of angry idiots that drive out any intelligent discussion
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Lol yup!!
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Level 2 confirmed
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