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August 21, 2005
Self Censorship
There is a post-it on my computer that says “HINAIAV." It stands for “Honesty is not appropriate in all venues." I put it there because nine times out of ten when I get in trouble it’s for being too honest, for expressing my opinion when I shouldn’t have, or sharing information too widely. (Hey, I can keep a secret but you gotta tell me it’s a secret first!)
I was reminded of “HINAIAV" this morning when I started to post a reply to something online. I wrote it but then only posted the smallest portion of it because the situation felt so much like another time I said too much, was misunderstood and inadvertently started some online controversy. Uggh. I couldn’t bear for that to happen again. So I censored most of what I had to say.
I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I just know it seemed the thing to do at the time.
Posted by Selena at August 21, 2005 11:12 AM