The following principles guide my interactions:
“Engage with people and information in pursuit of knowledge to make better decisions.
Recognize that the correct course of action depends on having the right question as opposed to the right answer.
Seek the truth while recognizing one’s fragile capability of understanding the truth.
Affirm that there are no ideas just worth accepting, only ideas worth questioning.”
There have been many acts to censor ideas, certainly to limit their spread, a display of the belief that some ideas are too dangerous. This is wrong.
I think the dangerous ideas are the ones most deserving of interaction, those most in need of constant questioning.
I'm the type of person that would jump at the opportunity to listen to someone I wholeheartedly disagree with, like Richard Spencer (given I'm not financially supporting him in any way).
I want to understand why he thinks the way he does. Even if I think he's wrong, he does not, which is worthy of recognition.
I really do not identify with this trend of being a gatekeeper for information. I believe those who do are indicative of weak-mindedness.
There may be times where my exploration of ideas takes us to strange places, but I will never be a gatekeeper. And if you have information running counter to something I’ve shared, please don’t hesitate to send it my way.