tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post2156104820136717748..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Why We Crucify Truth Tellers (and Why They Deserve It)Jim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-17393463656954467172019-08-01T01:15:08.336-04:002019-08-01T01:15:08.336-04:00Have you seen behind the curve Jim? Now I wanna af...Have you seen behind the curve Jim? Now I wanna after reading this: https://www.theferrett.com/2019/07/29/when-having-friends-is-more-alluring-than-being-right/#commentsDisplay Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108173250051938765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-5547096462187197122019-07-31T17:51:52.207-04:002019-07-31T17:51:52.207-04:00I like this post a lot, but I may be misunderstand...I like this post a lot, but I may be misunderstanding the post. Let's say somebody has their mind all wrapped up in a drama ridden epic fantasy that their pretending to play out. In this completely epic self centered story the person is a smoker and anyone who says that smoking is bad for them is a "health fascist." <br /><br />"the tobacco industry and its front groups abused and distorted history to condemn tobacco control measures as Nazi policies and its advocates as “health fascists.”8" <br /><br />Within the pretending climate change is a hoax and communist plot. Vaccines are Satan's tool and cause autism. Witches lurk behind every corner and must be burned at the stake. The world is flat and exactly 6,000 year old. Completely invisible demons haunt their life. Affirmative action is reverse racism. <br /><br />All their woes and problems can be blamed on the above in a Greek tragedy. The person believes they are an extremely nice person, yet lives a life of victim-hood and impossible burdens. If anyone reminds the pretender that the above doesn't exist, then they are the enemy. For example, if someone was to point out that there is a 97% scientific consensus on climate change, that person is a truth teller and deserves to be crucified. <br /><br />If that person has an autistic relative/friend and you tell them Satan doesn't exist and vaccines are safe you are breaking the illusion and risk sane response #2. <br /><br />Option #2, you mean only for paid fantasy like movie theaters and roller coasters. That I can agree on the person paid good money to get distracted from real life, relationship issues, health, money, etc. By breaking the illusion you are interfering with people's ability to cope. <br /><br />I have had cheaters in online game use the truth teller excuse to justify cheating and other anti-social behavior. "It is only a game." "I am just reminding you this is a game chill." In other words, in the cheaters mind it is okay to give themselves all sorts of advantages within the game since it is only a game and they are breaking the illusion. It is okay to curse someone out and perform every cheap trick in the book because they are saving you from the spell of the game.<br /><br />All in all, I think people need to be broken of the first category but not the 2nd. That if everyone was silent about the first many more people would suffer. Breaking the illusion within a movie theater, roller coaster, or online video game is a form of theft. Yes, the person in your example Leff is robbing the person of the immersive experience that they paid for. I personally hate it when people talk too much during movies since it deprives me. <br /><br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736555/Anonymous cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735960620188022682noreply@blogger.com