Our community tends to respect people who say “I was wrong”. I’d rather publicly look stupid for an instant than privately remain stupid forever. If I say an incorrect statement then I can just correct it.
My primary fear is not putting incorrect statements in the public record (which can be corrected). I fear putting politically unpopular statements in the public record (which cannot be corrected).
Keeping my political opinions private doesn’t bother me. Rather the opposite. It would scare me if I didn’t have dozens of ideas I was afraid to state publicly. If I didn’t have offensive thoughts then I would be a sheep.
However, I don’t like being unclear to myself what things I am afraid to say. To fix this I write as if I am comfortable publishing the truth and then I obtrusively redact the most offensive bits like this.
Our community tends to respect people who say “I was wrong”. I’d rather publicly look stupid for an instant than privately remain stupid forever. If I say an incorrect statement then I can just correct it.
My primary fear is not putting incorrect statements in the public record (which can be corrected). I fear putting politically unpopular statements in the public record (which cannot be corrected).
Keeping my political opinions private doesn’t bother me. Rather the opposite. It would scare me if I didn’t have dozens of ideas I was afraid to state publicly. If I didn’t have offensive thoughts then I would be a sheep.
However, I don’t like being unclear to myself what things I am afraid to say. To fix this I write as if I am comfortable publishing the truth and then I obtrusively redact the most offensive bits like this.
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