Reply #122: why are so many so afraid of ideas? [View All]

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I don't agree with Warren's view in the slightest, but I'm not afraid of it and being exposed to that view. In fact, exposure to views contrary to my own, which then requires me to think about them and about my personal beliefs/non-beliefs is a good thing, not a bad thing.

If your beliefs (or non beliefs) are so tenuous that a quote on a cup at Starbucks is threatening to them, then you need to explore how deeply felt those beliefs/non-beliefs are. If they are strongly held, then what is so threatening about a contradictory idea.

People who are convinced that they have all of the answers and don't want to be exposed to any ideas that are contrary to theirs are foolish, whether they are on the left or the right.

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