like, saying someone is a "terrible person" is dehumanizing. it sets them apart from normal people, people like us who "could never do such things"
it allows us to neatly shelve that shit away, it prevents us from empathizing, from gaining understanding of ourselves.
Yeah, I pretty soundly agree with this.
And even taking into account some of the awful things that people through history have done, that does not keep them from having done some really positive things as well. A true absence of redemptive qualities is extremely rare.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Okay, allow me to amend my statement because I have been raised to use language in a certain way.
Your nation - and mine - were both put together by some evil acts, which gave rise to evil systems, and thus everything we touch or ever do is stained red by that bloodshed.
I think you can find redemptive qualities in almost anyone--perhaps literally anyone--if you look hard enough, but that does not necessarily mean they matter. At some point, there is a tipping point where any amount of good a person has done becomes mostly irrelevant. I'm not a sage, and will not claim to know where that point is. Generally I try to avoid making that judgment.
Frankly, given how often I see the terms "terrible", "stupid", etc. casually flung around on here, it's pretty surprising to me that this is suddenly an issue.
Okay, allow me to amend my statement because I have been raised to use language in a certain way.
Your nation - and mine - were both put together by some evil acts, which gave rise to evil systems, and thus everything we touch or ever do is stained red by that bloodshed.
This is also true from a certain perspective. I don't get what point you're trying to make here, if any.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
I don't actually believe people are horrible. I just think that they're human, and humans live in and create systems that allow and sometimes encourage the practice of evil.
My point is the clarity of language. I always want to speak what I mean, not what I am raised to say. Sometimes I can't do it, so I need to amend it.
i can type; i'm totally able to it just takes a lot of convincing myself to do
also alarms don't wake me up, only fear, regret, and desperation do. the joke in that sentence was purely in tone those three thrings really are the only ones that'll wake me up
i remember there's an episode of Mystery Inc. where they completely turn the formula upside down, everyone sticks together, Fred's plan works perfectly and they catch the bad guys within the first 10 minutes of the episode
it's the only scooby-doo episode i recall that i have strong fond feelings towards
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Snuffles wanders into town, still feeling suicidal over the discontinuation over favorite Gro-Pup™ dog biscuits. By chance, though, a Scooby Snack has fallen to the ground. He picks it up, eats it, and reacts the way he always did to his beloved dog biscuits: by hugging himself, leaping high into the air, and floating back down and landing on his back, while letting out an "ahh!"
Snuffles now has a taste for Scooby Snacks, eliciting the ire of Scooby. The two spend what remains of the episode fighting over the still-plenty-full Scooby Snack box.
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it is pretty much my main thing
I'd be comfortable calling say, Andrew Jackson a terrible person.
Not always, but usually.
is just
that's really toxic man
like, saying someone is a "terrible person" is dehumanizing. it sets them apart from normal people, people like us who "could never do such things"
it allows us to neatly shelve that shit away, it prevents us from empathizing, from gaining understanding of ourselves.
In any case,
I think you can find redemptive qualities in almost anyone--perhaps literally anyone--if you look hard enough, but that does not necessarily mean they matter. At some point, there is a tipping point where any amount of good a person has done becomes mostly irrelevant. I'm not a sage, and will not claim to know where that point is. Generally I try to avoid making that judgment.
Frankly, given how often I see the terms "terrible", "stupid", etc. casually flung around on here, it's pretty surprising to me that this is suddenly an issue. This is also true from a certain perspective. I don't get what point you're trying to make here, if any.
also yeah i agree with your last thing tho
or let my eyes resto on one thing too logn
also alarms don't wake me up, only fear, regret, and desperation do. the joke in that sentence was purely in tone those three thrings really are the only ones that'll wake me up
even if they're "just" voice acting
because if i hadn't put it in quotes, it would have seemed like that was what i was saying
hmm
i wonder how i could restructure that sentence to make it more clear
it's the only scooby-doo episode i recall that i have strong fond feelings towards
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Writing in a second language is the worst
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That capitalization was not on purpose, but still
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead