If we were honest, it’s the thing we should all be saying and hearing all day long. But it’s not. Quite the opposite, it’s among the rarest. Instead, people are shooting their certainties at one another, relentlessly.
Not knowing something or not having an opinion on a question is not an issue. It’s to be expected, even if we were all geniuses (I’m certainly not one). Not doing the work to inform oneself could potentially be an issue but should not be as long we don’t pretend otherwise. It’s when one pretends to know, based on what one has heard someone else say, or because one wants to push a specific narrative that suits them, that shit starts hitting the fan. That’s when living together turn into the stinking shit hole it has turned into in which lies are fine (when they’re not adored) and facts have become suspicious if not dangerous.
“I don’t know.”
If we were honest, it’s the thing we should all be saying and hearing all day long. But it’s not. Quite the opposite, it’s among the rarest. Instead, people are shooting their certainties at one another, relentlessly.
Not knowing something or not having an opinion on a question is not an issue. It’s to be expected, even if we were all geniuses (I’m certainly not one). Not doing the work to inform oneself could potentially be an issue but should not be as long we don’t pretend otherwise. It’s when one pretends to know, based on what one has heard someone else say, or because one wants to push a specific narrative that suits them, that shit starts hitting the fan. That’s when living together turn into the stinking shit hole it has turned into in which lies are fine (when they’re not adored) and facts have become suspicious if not dangerous.
Obviously, I don’t know what I’m talking about.