SenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agoPeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesmessage-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1message-squarePeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesSenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
Inheriting their worldview from consensus or comfort, never having to earn it through actual thought.
minus-squarelastlybutfirstly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhen one assumes bad faith, one is assuming guilt. That isn’t fair. I have found it better to assume innocence, to adopt Judge Blackstone’s ratio over Judge Dredd’s.
When one assumes bad faith, one is assuming guilt. That isn’t fair. I have found it better to assume innocence, to adopt Judge Blackstone’s ratio over Judge Dredd’s.