Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955)
by jolux on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:13PM
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Yes, but what matters most is not how my beliefs appear to the other side, but whose beliefs are closest to the truth. I have little control over what other people believe, but I have some control over what I believe, and I strive to be rational and realistic and follow the truth.
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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955)
by dahfizz on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:04PM
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That depends entirely on what you are trying to achieve. If you want to move beyond self satisfaction and actually effect change, you need to be concerned with how your message is conveyed.
What are your beliefs for?
Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955)
by jolux on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:12PM
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>That depends entirely on what you are trying to achieve. If you want to move beyond self satisfaction and actually effect change, you need to be concerned with how your message is conveyed.
This is a conflation. Trying to be rational is valuable independent of what message you have. Messaging is secondary. When messaging becomes primary, the truth suffers, and freedom dies. I'd rather be self-satisfied and correct than highly influential and wrong. The latter is far more dangerous.