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Rule 009

Honesty without kindness is just a sharp object

Emotional Infrastructure

Handbook Entry

Yes, honesty matters. But if you’re using 'I’m just being real' as a get-out-of-jail-free card for being mean, you’re not honest—you’re lazy. Try compassion; it burns fewer bridges.

Gab:

Brutal honesty is usually just brutality.

TLDR:

Truth isn’t a free pass to be cruel.

Gab & Spence Life Decorum
Handbook

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