Name: Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?
Uploaded: 2017-07-19T06:51:28.000Z
Duration: 11 min 8 s
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recently, politeness has come under suspicion.

insincere and in its own way really rather rude.

politeness has a history. Politeness used to be central

emerged, in large part driven forward by the Swiss philosopher

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who powerfully re-described

politeness as an indication of servility and deceit,

and argued in favor of always remaining true to yourself.

The romantic suspicion of politeness, was

given a further boost by the increasing role of the United States.

being direct and open came to be seen by Americans

climactic line from "Gone with the Wind".

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn".  And

person isn't really a knowledge of etiquette.

at a formal dinner, when to say please or

be bracing of course – but no worse. These

small children: as blessed by an original innate goodness.

through these diminutive creatures’ minds

than wounding. The Frank persons trust in

happen to say or do. The Polite Person, by contrast,

proceed under a fervent suspicion of themselves and their impulses.

They sense that a great deal of what they feel and want really isn't

understand that being themselves is a treat

other people are at heart pretty much like them.

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Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?

obvious

conscious

enormous

intimacy