+26 Brutal honesty often gets mistaken for the truth. Just because someone is honest does not mean they are right. Amirite?

by Anonymous 7 years ago

While honesty is a good policy it's not suitable to be brutally honest at all times, moreover there are people who mistake honesty with a free pass to be an ass.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

I know what you mean...it is not looking at the whole situation... There a many grains of truth, each grain has some truth which adds up to a total...the whole has many facets... And there are personal truths which are just a slice of honesty regarding the entire matter...good post...

by Anonymous 7 years ago

It reminds me of an argument I had with a friend: in the heat of the moment I said something like, Well I have to put up with you always talking about such and such... So then, I had to explain later that sure...possibly a part of me feels that way...but there are other parts that don't mind...and understand... Why aren't there more comments on this post? I see all the agrees and faves...

by Anonymous 7 years ago

For what I see honesty is mainly about opinions.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

Just because a person is verbally aggressive doesn’t mean they’re stating an empirical fact. They could be outright lying.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

Sure. But being hurt or offended doesn't mean one's right by default either.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

That's true. A person could honestly believe in something that is actually false, or is just an opinion that's not necessarily true for other people.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

A person can honestly believe they are right, but still be wrong. https://www.brainyquote.com/photos_tr/en/w/willrogers/385286/willrogers1-2x.jpg

by Anonymous 7 years ago

There are right and wrong ways to speak to a person, whether they are speaking truths or falsehoods matters little if the person they are speaking to shuts down because of the brutality of how one is speaking.

by Anonymous 6 years ago