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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by daenz on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:19PM (#30756931)
That possible, and why I said "willing to challenge." There isn't much effective difference between proclaiming something because you believe it, and proclaiming something because you're afraid of repercussions or alienating people. You could even argue that the latter is worse.

It's not enough if they secretly believe it, they also need to be willing to challenge it publicly.

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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by cinntaile on Monday March 21, 2022 @05:19PM (#30759833)
This could have to do with something called preference falsification. [0]

[0] https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674707580

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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by daenz on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @03:50PM (#30770627)
TIL! Thanks for the resource.
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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by prometheus76 on Monday March 21, 2022 @02:37PM (#30757964)
Would you say the same is true about speaking out regarding Critical Theory or social justice?
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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by daenz on Monday March 21, 2022 @02:40PM (#30758013)
I think if people hold secret beliefs in their hearts, and those beliefs have been carefully introspected and are not coming from a place of ignorance or hate, then people need to express them, no matter what they are.
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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by macintux on Monday March 21, 2022 @02:56PM (#30758212)
> and those beliefs have been carefully introspected and are not coming from a place of ignorance or hate

No one ever thinks they’re the villain of the story.

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Re:The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats by daenz on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:01PM (#30758262)
Even if they're wrong, the careful introspection implies good faith, and this should become apparent by how a person talks about their beliefs, especially wrt to their acknowledgements about other peoples beliefs and feelings.

I think the risks of that person being or becoming a villain are quite low, and certainly not high enough to justify self censorship (not saying you were suggesting that).

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