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Re:Toxic Positivity by rfrey on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:00AM (#31493001)
I have used this exact phrase multiple times, but your parent's "rant full of strawmen" did make me reflect on it. - How is "lived experience" different than "experience"? - How can an experience be "invalidated"? What does that mean? Disrespected, discounted, something else?
Re:Toxic Positivity by Kaze404 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @03:06PM (#31496244)
I think there are great discussions to be had on the subject of listening to people's experiences without necessarily ignoring factual evidence that contradicts it. My problem is specifically with that person writing two paragraphs of literal fantasy over someone expressing themselves in a way that feels foreign to them, interestingly enough contradicting the very point they're trying to make by doing so. Just very weird, in a way I haven't seen here before.