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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The book will only be inflammatory because some people will not like the truths they hear.  It challenges you to understand your implicit biases, or contributions to allowing discriminatory systems to continue. It is hard to hear. And, while I didn't necessarily agree with everything, it was quite eye opening.

If you're turned off by the title (I was too), you are someone who should read it.

If you think hearing what she has to say (noted above) is "offensive" or "inflammatory", you DEFINITELY should read the book. It talks about that defense mechanism quite effectively.

Since when do we just bury our heads in the sand b/c we may not like something? Quit being a baby and give it a read before you start complaining. Geez. [/quote]

Having a worldview by which any objection is met by "our worldview predicted that and you're just proving its accuracy!" is not a point in favor. "You don't think sin exists? That just proves you're sinful and you need Jesus!" Well, gosh, when you put it that way, I'm totally convinced.[/quote]

In English, please? What I -think- you're saying is not at all what it argues. You'd know if you read it.  And frankly, I'm not going to argue about what it says with someone who cannot be bothered to do so.[/quote]

Was it was the word "worldview" giving you trouble? I already dumbed it down for you by avoiding "epistemic closure" but I guess not enough. The part of this that I find the most entertaining is when its converts assume everyone who doesn't buy into it is rejecting it out of ignorance. Is ignorance why you're not a Scientologist? Is it because you just haven't read Dianetics? Or, perhaps, did you make a judgement that something wasn't worth your time based on other facts you know about the world? And, just maybe, are other people doing the same thing with this -- or alternatively, maybe they actually are familiar with this, have more context for it than you do, and reject it on the basis of that? 
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