"yet an over-amplified respect for diversity compels us to accept them"
Yeah, this is the line for me. To my mind, diversity of thought means ideas should be heard and discussed, but it gives them no right to be accepted or treated as "valid."
The notion that we each get to have "our own truth" is so corrosive and ultimately dangerous.
"yet an over-amplified respect for diversity compels us to accept them"
Yeah, this is the line for me. To my mind, diversity of thought means ideas should be heard and discussed, but it gives them no right to be accepted or treated as "valid."
The notion that we each get to have "our own truth" is so corrosive and ultimately dangerous.
Diversity of ideas is not in and of itself valuable. Ideas still need to be defended. So the core ask is the forum of debate. Just because someone has a right to express an opinion does not make it valid/moral/reasonable.
Yeah. I just wanted to further reinforce it. There's a tendency in polite conversation to say "I respect your opinion, but...". That bugs me. I don't say that. There's no real reason to validate one's right to possess an opinion in order to subsequently confront it. And I don't inherently respect anyone's opinion. I may respect their ability to present opinions, but any particular opinion lives and dies on its own merits. Anyhow, thanks for this Substack. The analysis of your post-article debates is quite interesting.
"yet an over-amplified respect for diversity compels us to accept them"
Yeah, this is the line for me. To my mind, diversity of thought means ideas should be heard and discussed, but it gives them no right to be accepted or treated as "valid."
The notion that we each get to have "our own truth" is so corrosive and ultimately dangerous.
Diversity of ideas is not in and of itself valuable. Ideas still need to be defended. So the core ask is the forum of debate. Just because someone has a right to express an opinion does not make it valid/moral/reasonable.
"Ideas still need to be defended. So the core ask is the forum of debate"
Yep, I agree. Isn't that what I said?
Yeah. I just wanted to further reinforce it. There's a tendency in polite conversation to say "I respect your opinion, but...". That bugs me. I don't say that. There's no real reason to validate one's right to possess an opinion in order to subsequently confront it. And I don't inherently respect anyone's opinion. I may respect their ability to present opinions, but any particular opinion lives and dies on its own merits. Anyhow, thanks for this Substack. The analysis of your post-article debates is quite interesting.
This is what I mean by the epistemological crisis.
I've run into too many people who used to be sane yet who now support Trump.