“He “muted” his true character, out of the realization that if he showed it *fully* he would be locked up.”
You’ve made my point. The video is useless from a public awareness perspective.
And I apologize for not proof-reading that disaster I posted before.
You said — “You’ve made my point. The video is useless from a public awareness perspective.”
Well, when I said “muted” — that means that it is lessened, but it’s not gone or completely covered up. That’s why I picked that word. The idea is that he’s very exposed in terms of his thinking in the video, while it’s muted otherwise.
But, the thing with people (and with this idea of “muting”) is that you can see through it, especially with people. You get the glimpses and the tell-tale signs, anyway. If you use a “pattern” that you can see *clearly* (which would be this guys “unvarnished” manifesto), then you can recognize the clues when they are “muted”.
That’s exactly the idea there. People need to see the total and unvarnished and “out-in-the-open” ideas and behavior, so they can recognize the smaller signs and the “muted” behavior.
That’s all the more reason for seeing it...
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. — To recognize the “little signs” you must have the “big picture” — the full picture. If you only have a wispy knowledge and limited information, when you’re presented with just “glimpses” of something (i.e., the “muted” behavior), you will *not* recognize that it’s coming from this “big picture”...