SenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoPeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesmessage-squaremessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-down1message-squarePeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesSenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square94linkfedilinkfile-text
Inheriting their worldview from consensus or comfort, never having to earn it through actual thought.
minus-squarelastlybutfirstly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours 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.