I wasn’t disagreeing on that aspect at all just not addressing that Emperor’s clothes aspect.
We (society agree, sotto voce, not to to examine closely our many inconsistencies and hypocrisies. Then someone comes along and cuts through our social construct with a why? Sometimes honesty is difficult to come by or live with. Hence the accommodations I mentioned. Many people can’t cope with too much “truth”.
I am something of a savant. (That discussion could take hours)
The primary fault of society is relying on the receiver’s sole discretion.