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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Telling someone what you are feeling with honesty is being assertive. Asserting your own needs and desires into the fold without compromising the relationship. Being an asshole tends to compromise relationships.
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I don't think that anyone is arguing that we should all lie to each other or that honesty is somehow bad. To me, the scenarios you described sound like reasoned honesty rather than radical honesty.
I think that people should be as honest as they want, but as evidenced in this thread, there will likely be negative consequences depending on the context.
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Why bite your tongue? why withhold your opinion. This is part of what this place is supposed to be, to be honest yet still respectful.
IMO some of the discussion in this very thread is just the means and mechanism as to how TFP has lost some of it's edge.
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I think that one of the advantages of this forum is that the negative consequences of radical honesty are muted. I don't see this thread as evidence that TFP has lost some of it's edge. People are still discussing and disagreeing. If everyone agreed with Blanton or everyone was against Blanton, that would be clear evidence to me of a loss of "edge".