Let the conflict between those two things continue to build up and manifest as a negative emotion directed at the person who stated that it is not true.
An example of imagining that something is true is having the idea that things ought to be a certain way, such as thinking that people ought to be not racist. Observe that people are racist. Continue to think that people ought to be not racist. Hear someone be racist.
The difference between taking offense and being angry is that taking offense is when anger is directed at a concept.
It’s okay to be angry at a racist for doing racist things, but it’s a bad idea to be angry at the concept of racism.
Your bullet-points example doesn’t appear to match your paragraph example. “Think people ought not to be racist; observe that they are” is different from “Imagine something is true; observe that it is not.” I can imagine that people ought not be racist (they shouldn’t) but be aware that they are. Then when I observe someone being racist, there’s no conflict between my beliefs and reality. Instead, there’s a conflict between reality and how I think reality ought to be, which I attempt to resolve by calling the racist out in the hope that they’ll behave better next time.
Note that the above says nothing about whether or not I should call out the racist, just that I think epigeios’ example is bad. Also I agree that it’s a bad idea to be angry at concepts rather than the people who believe them.
Imagine that something is true.
Observe that it is not true.
Keep imagining it is true.
Listen to someone state that it is not true.
Let the conflict between those two things continue to build up and manifest as a negative emotion directed at the person who stated that it is not true.
An example of imagining that something is true is having the idea that things ought to be a certain way, such as thinking that people ought to be not racist. Observe that people are racist. Continue to think that people ought to be not racist. Hear someone be racist.
The difference between taking offense and being angry is that taking offense is when anger is directed at a concept. It’s okay to be angry at a racist for doing racist things, but it’s a bad idea to be angry at the concept of racism.
Your bullet-points example doesn’t appear to match your paragraph example. “Think people ought not to be racist; observe that they are” is different from “Imagine something is true; observe that it is not.” I can imagine that people ought not be racist (they shouldn’t) but be aware that they are. Then when I observe someone being racist, there’s no conflict between my beliefs and reality. Instead, there’s a conflict between reality and how I think reality ought to be, which I attempt to resolve by calling the racist out in the hope that they’ll behave better next time.
Note that the above says nothing about whether or not I should call out the racist, just that I think epigeios’ example is bad. Also I agree that it’s a bad idea to be angry at concepts rather than the people who believe them.