I know "dogmatism" is definitely loaded towards the negative here but that's really the only way I can think to refer to it.

For a specific example, the idea of shutting down and avoiding all criticism of America's geopolitical enemies. I certainly understand where people are coming from with this, and how even leftists aren't immune to state propaganda, but at the same time I have to fall on the "dogmatism is always bad" side. To me it seems like even within a warped and propagandized discourse, shutting down any line of thought uncritically is both a bad general practice and an ineffective way of opposing that line of thought.

  • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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    4 years ago

    "Dogmatism" is bad unless you're dogmatic about things you're sure are correct. The problem is getting to surety.

    So I'm only dogmatic about things I axiomatically assert. Because they're fact-independent assertions, I can be as dogmatic as I like about them, but I can also assert them away when they become an encumbrance.