That's a losing argument. Any example you give I'll just side with the opinion police on. You've got to come up with something better than that. My argument works really well for example because even if all of someone's opinions are correct, acting ashamed of them would still be bad. Shoot, it might even be WORSE to act ashamed of correct opinions.
Can you come up with a reason why it would be bad for the opinion police to access someone's data, even if the opinion police have good intentions?
Nah, the argument was excellent. Pick a couple of opinion polices from Iran, North Korea, and Germany and let some judge each other. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Fanatics who want to kill the nonbelievers think that they themselves are virtuous.
Yeah, but I'm talking about OUR opinion police. Obviously North Korea's opinion police are tyrannical since they judge our opinion police poorly. Also, if our opinion police have changed over time then I am referring specifically to the latest opinion policemen in your specific jourisdiction. We can go all the way down to an individual officer if need be.
If you were that officer, would be confident enough to arrest anyone who disagreed with you? Do you tend to be especially insecure in your beliefs by any chance?
Also, is it still fanaticism if someone is right? What specifically are you trying to say is the problem here?
I strongly believe that it is good to be insecure in your beliefs
I did not expect that.
No wonder you hate the opinion police then. They have confidence in their beliefs and the balls to face down those who disagree with their beliefs. They aren't satisfied with having weak and pathetic beliefs that are only right inside their own heads; they want their beliefs to be reflected in objective reality. You on the other hand, no matter how well thought out your beliefs were, even if they were objectively correct, you would still be ashamed of them.
Is that really the only reason you are against people shutting down speech? Because you were believe that the opinion police should be just as pathetic and ashamed of their beliefs as you are of yours?
never said anything about shame
Insecurity, shame, is there a distinction you can make between them?
check out this greek guy, Sokrates, really cool dude.
Socrates is dead. It's impossible to critically interrogate his beliefs. I hold your beliefs in far higher regard. Its fine if you want to repeat what he said, but I'd much rather hear it from your mouth than from his works.
Please tell me, do you see a difference between insecurity and shame? Is that relevant to this discussion?
yes, it is so sad that he was killed by the opinion police. But don’t discriminate against dead people. You can tell ChatGPT to answer like Socrates would and ask your questions.
