What You Can't Say
21 hours ago
- Fashion, both in clothing and morality, is often invisible to those within it but can be arbitrary and dangerous, especially when moral fashions suppress truth.
- To discover what we cannot say, one can examine ideas that get people in trouble, historical shifts in acceptability, and the mechanisms by which taboos are created and enforced.
- A strategic approach to thinking freely involves keeping thoughts private, engaging with trusted friends, and using abstraction, metaphor, or humor to challenge taboos without direct confrontation.
- Critical self-awareness and questioning societal norms are essential to identify and resist the influence of contemporary moral fashions.