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Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by zionic on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:25AM (#31777794)
>I find it much better and more interesting to speak truthfully (while not being an asshole!)

But that’s just it, the truth will always be offensive to someone. You’ll always be the asshole to “someone”. If we structure discourse around never being perceived as an asshole by anyone we effectively yield the zeitgeist to whoever is the biggest crybaby.

It’s not just this site, this line of thinking has infected most western dialog.

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Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by acover on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:07AM (#31778388)
I don't think that's what he means. Clearly sometimes you just upset people, however you can be careful to minimize it.
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Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by zionic on Sunday June 19, 2022 @01:16AM (#31796342)
If you matter at all you’re going to offend more people than you even know exist.

The entire metric is flawed and useless.

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