i bet you already know, obv, but you’re not being mean. & if someone wants to join any discussion, they should actually be willing to discuss.

(even in a philosophical exercise as here) sadly, in the world these days, all these things seem mean:

truthfulness, honesty, being earnest, trying to course correct misguided ideas or unsound thinking…etc.

more often than not, folks are more interested in _feeling_ they are right than actually trying to be on track with truths. (this is one of the greatest problems for modern humanity.)

and the response here by twentyone seems to be an attempt at answering some other question entirely & not the one you actually asked.