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12 Aug 2015, 12:25 pm

I am not going to treat people with respect if they fail to do the same for me, or go out of my way to be kind to them and not much into harming people so they don't need to worry about that. I think it is usually better to address issues than hide from them, so no I don't really think that is the best solution. Though I do agree its best not to harm people, unless of course its self defense or stopping someone harming one of your family members or something like that.


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12 Aug 2015, 12:27 pm

Unsure123 wrote:
I can't control what others think, but I can control my own thoughts, actions, and behavior.

I refuse to walk around with a chip on my shoulder. The world owes me nothing, and I get that.

There's evil in the world, but one must first conquer the evil in oneself.


Really? Psychology says that is only true to a certain extent...you can't control your thoughts, that would require pre-determining which thoughts you have and that is impossible. Everyone has unwanted thoughts actually. Also if you go into fight or flight mode you can't really control your actions or behavior...did you know that? Or worse freeze mode its like fight or flight...similar process except you just can't do anything really. If you have PTSD you can get any one of those if something triggers you, and its f****ing annoying. So basically one can typically control their behavior, not act on unwanted thoughts ect....but in extreme circumstances or with certain mental disorders its not so much the case. Peoples control is not so infallible as they think.


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12 Aug 2015, 12:36 pm

campboy92 wrote:
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i think that misogyny/sexism/racism/prejudice towards people with mental illness is going to exist as long as humans do, so it's better for all of us to retreat to our own world and live out our own beliefs, and respect and treat everyone with as much kindness and be as harmless to one another but to believe all of that is going to change? Can neurotypicals not understand that humans are awful, and there's no sign of that changing? I am not apathetic... but am I crazy?


I don't get it


I mean why is it so hard for them to not grow up and accept the world for as it is ? Why do they have to be so invested in conflict and right or worng



One cannot both accept the world as it is, as well as wanting to see certain aspects of society improve or criticizing things they see as problems?


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12 Aug 2015, 12:43 pm

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I think political correctness is just everyday common courtesy and consideration for the feeling so others. There is nothing wrong with voicing an opinion, but there is a skillful way to use words and their is a wild, mongrel way to use words. People who feel they must be deliberately crude and hurtful when they speak their mind are not "calling it like they see it" as people claim when they say they are just being straight shooters, they are using that as an excuse to inflict emotional pain on those who have behaviors or ideologies that they disagree with. It's mental laziness, and apathy for other human beings.


^this, telling it like it is does not require using the most angry, hurtful, offensive language possible to get your point across. I mean I know sometimes people argue and will say hurtful things to each other but typically in general interaction people do have enough self control to avoid that and be civil, to not do that is selfish and lazy. Someone who tells it like it is will probably calmly state what they have observed and what their opinion on it is, without using inflammatory language designed to enrage/upset the other party...they might be a bit blunt but that is different then trying to be outright offensive or 'prove the other person wrong through any means nessisary'.


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12 Aug 2015, 12:51 pm

olympiadis wrote:
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"This is the problem with political correctness. It expects punishment for not hosting the most current mind viruses."


eric76 wrote:
I think that political correctness really means that one would rather have someone lie than to say what is on their mind.



That's basically what I was saying above.

The hive mind is always moving the goal-posts as a means of controlling thought.

If you brought a very good and accepted person from 100 years ago into our society, then they would immediately be accused of "intentionally" wanted to harm other people, or some group (sub hive).

What some people posting here need to realize is that if they were suddenly moved to 100 years into our future, then they would be in a similar situation, except it would likely be much worse due to the exponential nature of memetic evolution. They would probably be accused of being toxic, and likely removed from society.

Our place on the timeline is not special. It's all a matter of perspective.



Now you can predict the future....that's cool.


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