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[QUOTE=yzb25;944575]You certainly can be honestly dishonest, or honest and fake. Well, not in a completely literal sense, of course. Sadly, sometimes being your authentic but good faith self is not enough - simply the knowledge of some aspect of your background or character may be enough to attract someone's malice. And if you want to be blunt and own that, awesome, but you're not obligated to do that all the time, imo. It's honest because I am completely open about the fact I would do such a thing or advise someone else to, and I have no moral qualms with it. It probably does damage your ability to form meaningful relationships, but that can't always be helped.

There's also obviously white lies. If someone you barely know asks you if their breath stinks, I think you're perfectly in your rights to shrug and say "can't smell a thing". Or refraining from mentioning what you may truly think at a funeral, of course. Again, you can be honest in your dishonesty and own these things. It's not something to be ashamed of imo.



There is a type of person that can't form genuine emotional connections with others because they're needlessly trying to present themselves as someone bigger than they really are. That's definitely wrong. I certainly don't support that either.

...Maybe my post was badly worded and we don't actually disagree about anything. I did think as I hit the post button "yep this is definitely gonna be misconstrued as me being pro lying but fuck it I'm in too deep!" XD[/QUOTE]
Bloody lying wanker!

Originally Posted by yzb25

You certainly can be honestly dishonest, or honest and fake. Well, not in a completely literal sense, of course. Sadly, sometimes being your authentic but good faith self is not enough - simply the knowledge of some aspect of your background or character may be enough to attract someone's malice. And if you want to be blunt and own that, awesome, but you're not obligated to do that all the time, imo. It's honest because I am completely open about the fact I would do such a thing or advise someone else to, and I have no moral qualms with it. It probably does damage your ability to form meaningful relationships, but that can't always be helped.

There's also obviously white lies. If someone you barely know asks you if their breath stinks, I think you're perfectly in your rights to shrug and say "can't smell a thing". Or refraining from mentioning what you may truly think at a funeral, of course. Again, you can be honest in your dishonesty and own these things. It's not something to be ashamed of imo.



There is a type of person that can't form genuine emotional connections with others because they're needlessly trying to present themselves as someone bigger than they really are. That's definitely wrong. I certainly don't support that either.

...Maybe my post was badly worded and we don't actually disagree about anything. I did think as I hit the post button "yep this is definitely gonna be misconstrued as me being pro lying but fuck it I'm in too deep!" XD

Bloody lying wanker!

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