I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one week of empathy training

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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