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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by mplewis on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:16AM (#36939054)
It is not a wise use of limited resources when we aim to build a society that serves all. A human without access to basic civilization is not an "error mode." They are a person that we need to help.

Human civilization doesn't have to be a world where those with means get to enjoy consumption while those without starve. We have the resources to do better by everyone, not only the abled.

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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by javajosh on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:40AM (#36939165)
The error modes to which I refer are not people, but bodily injury and disease. Your words are the empty product of a mind addicted to the sensation of outrage.

Judgemental idealists have caused more damage to the world in the name of compassion and love than any other class of people. May you continue to use your rhetoric proudly, so that it may continue to serve as a warning to others.

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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by Eisenstein on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:03AM (#36939291)
> Judgemental idealists have caused more damage to the world in the name of compassion and love than any other class of people.

Are you counting eugenicists as 'judgmental idealists'?

What about death penalty supporters/tough justice advocates?

Zero-tolerance school administrators?

Abstinence-only-sex-ed proclaimers?

Think-of-the-children law pushers that get teens stuck on sex-offender lists?

All-human-life-is-sacred religious groups that have made it so that our pets can die in peace, dignity, and without suffering but elderly humans have to suffer in agony for years and then get tortured to death by 'life saving efforts' at the very end?

Those judgmental idealists?

Certainly not the ones who simply say that disabled people should be able to access public spaces.

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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by javajosh on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:57PM (#36947230)
There has to be room in the conversation between extremes. He's saying "everything" and accusing me of saying "nothing" when I'm saying "everything is impossible; something is possible."
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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by Eisenstein on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:54PM (#36965513)
It seems you are the one pushing extremes and calling it moderation.
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