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Re: DesertDrifter post# 299990

Monday, 02/04/2019 7:42:30 PM

Monday, February 04, 2019 7:42:30 PM

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…...but the different perspectives help the rest of us communicate, in a way.



More than you think. This had to do with the desire by authoritarians to censor opinion.

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill : chapter two - Utilitarianism

https://www.utilitarianism.com/ol/two.html

If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.



1.) I know that my 'impression of truth' is made 'livelier' by its 'collision' with bat-shit crazy fact-challenged righty opinions, such as they are.

2.) If I had to carry 'intellectual collision insurance' my deductibles would go through the roof. It's a game of dodge-'em with Trumpanzees. :)


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