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You're presuming that the person in question wants to hear the truth. If they don't, then the truly respectful response is not the same as the honest one.
And you're presuming that if you respect someone you should just give them what they want...
I'm astonished that so many people advocating the spread rationality don't strongly object to allowing people you presumably care about to continue their delusions.
Okay, let me correct my previous line: If they don't, then the truly respectful response is not necessarily the same as the honest one. Of course there are situations where you should tell the truth, even if the other person doesn't want to hear it right then. But there are also many situations where people are genuinely better off with their delusions, and breaking them would only do harm.
Advocating the spread of rationality does not give you a license to impose your own preferences on others regardless of how they feel about it. That includes the case where your preference is "people should only believe in true things".
No it does not. But their asking me the question gives me a license to answer it honestly.