From a book I just finished reading called Crimes Against Logic by Jamie Whyte:
Those who take religion, politics, and sex seriously do not adhere to the general prohibition on discussing these topics. And they don’t take offense when they are shown to be wrong.
If you start to feel during a discussion that you are not so much incorrect as insensitive, then you are probably dealing with a respectable bigot.
Only a thug would expose them.
And then he ends the book with the following:
Perhaps it is better to get on with your family and friends, to avoid embarrassment, or to comfort yourself with fantasies than to believe the truth. But those who approach matters in this way should give up any prentensions to intellectual seriousness. They are not genuinely interested in reality.
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Separating intellectual from moral seriousness is harder than those who are intellectually frivolous may care to admit.
Interesting thoughts. No need to comment further, I think.
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