Nicholas Grossman on Nostr: Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg ...
Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg vaccination—telling them that they’re wrong is treating them with respect. The condescending thing to do is indulge them, act like they have a point, as if the thing you know to be wrong might be at least somewhat right.
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