"Semantic stop signs" are what are being used here. They indicate that the conversation is over.
The problem is that it cuts both ways:
"I think I might not be straight"
"Oh, we don't do that here, we believe in the lord."
If you're like me and believe in maximizing individual agency, you teach people to resist semantic stop signs and not use them. We question the stop signs. We actively interrogate the rules we are told to not question.
The problem is that it cuts both ways:
"I think I might not be straight"
"Oh, we don't do that here, we believe in the lord."
If you're like me and believe in maximizing individual agency, you teach people to resist semantic stop signs and not use them. We question the stop signs. We actively interrogate the rules we are told to not question.