Many people have no context in their life where they can get feedback on socially undesirable ideas from thoughtful people so that they can potentially update them. E.g. you hear socially undesirable thing online that you suspect has some truth to it, you can’t have any reasonable discussion about which aspects might be true, which might be false, and even amongst the more true parts how to navigate having that belief or what would be a wholesome framework to use to work with it, bc no feedback.
I’ll give an egregious example. At one time, iodizing salt in developing countries was opposed by some NGOs on the grounds that the argument that it raised IQ was some sort of fake racist thing. A person in that environment might have wanted to be able to discuss things in a safer space than whatever environment produced that insanity.
The example here is that I’m working for an NGO that opposes iodizing salt in developing countries because it is racist, for reasons. I’ve been reading online that it raises IQ and that raising IQ is good, actually. I want to discuss this in a safe space.
I can do this by having any friends or family who don’t work for the NGO. This seems more likely to work than attending a cancellation party at the NGO. If the NGO prevents me from having outside friends or talking to family then it’s dangerous and I should get out regardless of its opinion on iodization.
There are better examples, I could offer suggestions if you like, probably you can also think of many.
Many people have no context in their life where they can get feedback on socially undesirable ideas from thoughtful people so that they can potentially update them. E.g. you hear socially undesirable thing online that you suspect has some truth to it, you can’t have any reasonable discussion about which aspects might be true, which might be false, and even amongst the more true parts how to navigate having that belief or what would be a wholesome framework to use to work with it, bc no feedback.
I’ll give an egregious example. At one time, iodizing salt in developing countries was opposed by some NGOs on the grounds that the argument that it raised IQ was some sort of fake racist thing. A person in that environment might have wanted to be able to discuss things in a safer space than whatever environment produced that insanity.
The example here is that I’m working for an NGO that opposes iodizing salt in developing countries because it is racist, for reasons. I’ve been reading online that it raises IQ and that raising IQ is good, actually. I want to discuss this in a safe space.
I can do this by having any friends or family who don’t work for the NGO. This seems more likely to work than attending a cancellation party at the NGO. If the NGO prevents me from having outside friends or talking to family then it’s dangerous and I should get out regardless of its opinion on iodization.
There are better examples, I could offer suggestions if you like, probably you can also think of many.