(July 21, 2015 at 3:12 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(July 21, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: lol. I guess you call brutal truth, what I call, being sort of an asshole, but I see what you mean. I’d say brutal truth, is just being as truthful as you can.
I don't want that. If my wife sincerely feels that the choice is the ugliest combination she has ever seen, and thinks that someone who would suggest such a combination must have no sense of taste at all, I don't want to hear it. I want her to tell me she does not care for it, and to ask me to wear something else. If I am resistant to what she says, then I want her to gently increase her opposition. I don't want brutal honesty all the time. But, I do want honesty all the time. I don't want a white lie.
Alright, I'm with ya on that. You like truthfulness, with a side of gentle honesty when necessary.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
