[krapp]

Most people are capable of exchanging alternative points of view without seeking out or engaging in toxic behavior.

Being an asshole doesn't make you a cultural rebel or iconoclast, it just makes you an asshole.

[tourmalinetaco]

Sure, but their point was that it’s better to be able to question authority and be an asshole than to not question authority at all.

[Loughla]

Thank you for saying what I couldn't figure out how to say. That's exactly it.

[krapp]

But it's a false dichotomy. It's entirely possible to question authority while not engaging with and spreading "toxic nonsense." It really doesn't have to be all or nothing.

[tourmalinetaco]

Yes, and we never said it’s “all or nothing”, you misunderstood that we said that when we said we would prefer an asshole who questioned authority compared to someone who did not question authority.