Yeah, I wasn't really arguing with you, Steve QJ, because I honestly don't know how I feel about a lot of your article. I love the idea of not letting people be intentionally dishonest, and I agree that there should be consequences if your lies hurt people. But in a day and age when people talk about "my truth" without batting an eye, an…
Yeah, I wasn't really arguing with you, Steve QJ, because I honestly don't know how I feel about a lot of your article. I love the idea of not letting people be intentionally dishonest, and I agree that there should be consequences if your lies hurt people. But in a day and age when people talk about "my truth" without batting an eye, and seeing how no one seems to be able to agree on anything (like something as simple as if masking is effective), I really don't see how we regulate any of this. So it's not that I disagree, exactly, I just don't know how anyone could set this up in a way that everyone could agree to. Chris Fox's comment (below) that who gets to decide is an evasion does not ring true to me. In fact, it feels to me like he's the one evading the point...?
(I have to say that I really appreciated you debunking the lie about not being able to yell "fire" in a crowded theater-- the persistence of that one has been driving me bonkers!)
Yeah, I wasn't really arguing with you, Steve QJ, because I honestly don't know how I feel about a lot of your article. I love the idea of not letting people be intentionally dishonest, and I agree that there should be consequences if your lies hurt people. But in a day and age when people talk about "my truth" without batting an eye, and seeing how no one seems to be able to agree on anything (like something as simple as if masking is effective), I really don't see how we regulate any of this. So it's not that I disagree, exactly, I just don't know how anyone could set this up in a way that everyone could agree to. Chris Fox's comment (below) that who gets to decide is an evasion does not ring true to me. In fact, it feels to me like he's the one evading the point...?
(I have to say that I really appreciated you debunking the lie about not being able to yell "fire" in a crowded theater-- the persistence of that one has been driving me bonkers!)