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Re:Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything n... by mekoka on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:05PM (#47643369)
That's a strange outlook. How often do you still get shocked that a politician lied? Do you cultivate the surprise effect by fear of feeling complicit if your reaction instead is "what else is new?"
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Re:Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything n... by gfody on Saturday April 04, 2026 @09:33PM (#47645311)
when people do disgusting things, it's okay to be disgusted - saying "what else is new?" is nearly "this does not disgust me" which is essentially condoning it.

not being shocked because it reinforces a negative stereotype you'd already assumed is not the same as dismissing it as uninteresting/expected behavior

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Re:Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything n... by mekoka on Sunday April 05, 2026 @12:09PM (#47650841)
> saying "what else is new?" is nearly "this does not disgust me" which is essentially condoning it.

That's an amazing stretch.

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