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Obligatory reference to http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

Tough problem to solve. I wish we could just accept the fact that people can have opinions different from our own. This is not just normal, but good!

It feels like we're just scaling up small town feuds into a global phenomenon, e.g. "I won't set foot in X or Y's restaurant. Don't you know they buy their cabbages from NextDoorVille instead of buying them from Old Whitney down the street?!"

Having an "open door" and publicly stating an unpopular opinion is, sadly, broadly incompatible.



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