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ck4829

(35,041 posts)
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 09:32 AM Sep 2017

What is honesty?

Is "honesty" whatever happens to agree with your point of view?

Is "honesty" whatever happens to be any statement that one thinks would rile up or irritate some group that you do not like? So for these two statements, your reality is not contingent on memory or perception, but the emotional appeal, or lack of it, of something?

Is "honesty" saying the first thing that comes into your head, no matter how unfiltered or how divorced from reality it is?

Is "honesty" whatever you say while under an altered state of consciousness; whether that state is caused by tort... enhanced interrogation techniques or under the effects of hallucinogens?

I'm "honestly" sure we are seeing the rise of one group that would say "YES!" to all of the above.

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What is honesty? (Original Post) ck4829 Sep 2017 OP
Honesty is truth madokie Sep 2017 #1
It's such a lonely word. tymorial Sep 2017 #2
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