Sam’s Hangout #127 - “BRUTAL HONESTY OR PEACEFUL LIES?"

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." — Vladimir Lenin.


Hello, my lovely Hive Naija people. It’s another beautiful weekend, and we’re excited to have you here once again. A new weekend simply means another chance to buzz the Hive blockchain, connect with one another, and simply have fun. You'll also agree with me that there’s something special about bringing everyone together to gist, share opinions, and enjoy good vibes. That is exactly the reason we will continue to meet every weekend.

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BRUTAL HONESTY OR PEACEFUL LIES?

Now to our discussion for this weekend! We will be discussing "BRUTAL HONESTY OR PEACEFUL LIES?”.
Honesty is often said to be the foundation of genuine relationships, and therefore, encouraged in many close-knit communities. But not every truth is easy to hear or necessary to say. Sometimes, telling the truth can hurt people, or create conflicts that may have been avoided through silence. Other times, a harmless lie can preserve peace while quietly allowing a problem to grow. This raises questions about the advantages or consequences that both honesty and silence comes with.

Here's the question!

Do you believe people should always choose honesty, even when the truth could hurt someone or destroy a relationship? In difficult situations where the peace can be disrupted by your honesty, how do you determine when it is necessary to tell the truth or stay silent?

OR

Do you think some lies or withheld truths can be justified when they protect someone's peace and feelings? At what point does choosing peace over honesty become deception rather than kindness? Have you also been in a situation where you were stuck between telling the truth or staying silent? How did you navigate it?

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Okay Let's Gist!!!

Be as simple and sincere with the discussion, hehehe.

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FRIDAY PLANS, OWANBE SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY REFLECTIONS

To make our hangout more interactive, we have decided to add two events to spice it up.

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On Sundays, we reflect on the weekend and things we learnt so far, as well as share plans for the new week.

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Telling the truth, simply because it's obviously the truth without considering how the other person might feel about hearing it is something I don't support. We shouldn't ignore how an information affects a person because we just want to be brutally honest. Being honest should be accompanied by empathy and wisdom, the truth can be communicated gently and at the appropriate time.

Inasmuch as silence is an option or a good approach in most cases, when important things are being affected, like the health, safety, finance and family of a person are involved, they really deserve to know. We should always choose kindness when telling the truth.

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Do you believe people should always choose honesty, even when the truth could hurt someone or destroy a relationship? In difficult situations where the peace can be disrupted by your honesty, how do you determine when it is necessary to tell the truth or stay silent?

Answer.

Yes, I believe honesty should come first. Because at the end, it saves one from future impediment. Everyone needs peace, and sometimes trying to maintain peace with secrecy only make matters worse at the end. We can't save what's pure(peace) with what's morally wrong(lies).

The myth that truth could destroy a relationship only happens when honesty wasn't the foundation from the start. Truth hurt, but time heals and people at any given time will choose truth over lies. Truth hurts but lies destroys in the nearest future.

Wisdom is profitable to direct and that's why there's time to tell the truth and time to withheld the truth.. most times I tell people certain things when they're calm and in good spirit. Or when I believe they're mature enough to handle certain truth. But for a relationship, honesty should be the foundation even before the bricks of the relationship are laid.

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This is an interesting topic 😄😅

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Hello people of Nigeria 👋🤗

No, I don't think so that people stay always honest to others at some point they start to told withheld truth to really protect others. If we speak a lie which could save other's then i always prefer to save other's instead of speaking truth especially when stay silent can save others.

I think we should judge the situation if it'll goes much worse with our truth then we should stay silent and when we can really protect others because sometimes honesty not need too much and we've to protect other's feelings.

I don't remember at the moment exact time when i did this but usually I prefer to stay silent in according to situation.

That's my thoughts on this weekend topic

Have a happy weekend 😊

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In my opinion, I feel I can be honest without saying every truth the moment I know it. First, I always ask myself if the truth I want to say is necessary and if it's to the right person and whether the truth I want to say will help the situation on ground or just unload it. Because sometimes, and with what I've seen, it's better to just remain silent and protect someone's feelings maybe temporarily or for long. But if that truth has something hidden that they need to know rightfully, and have the right to know it or will allow harm to continue, I believe tell the person so it won't turn into deception. And personal, the difference is kindness can slow down or soften the truth. And if I choose to be deceptive, it means I'm hiding it for my personal convenience

My 2 cent.

Happy weekend lovely people 🌹

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