nyan_sandwich comments on I've had it with those dark rumours about our culture rigorously suppressing opinions - Less Wrong Discussion
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Is that partially from cultural assumptions about children having sex?
What reaction to you get to child acting, religious indoctrination, and such?
Nah, don't think so. Identifiable sources:
Child acting: * "You could have been a child actor": Yeah, sure. I didn't want to, but the idea is kinda neat. Actors are cool. * "You could have been pressured by directors into acting when you were a kid": Not cool! Pressure is bad! Pressuring people into jobs is evil and bad and greedy! I would have felt very bad, so I'm glad that didn't happen. * "You could have wanted to be a child actor, and your parents could have prevented you": It's bad and sad to clip the wings off angels. It looks like a mistake decent but overprotective people would make, not evil people who wanted me to suffer, though. * "Your parents could have forced you to act as a child": What horrible evil people. Why are kids not protected against that?
Religious indoctrination: I don't seem to have a strong emotional reaction. Child preachers and the like are sad. Parents who are forbidden to give religious education to their children are also sad.
I don't necessarily endorse any of these reactions.