RE: I Don't Care
April 13, 2019 at 10:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2019 at 10:53 pm by bennyboy.)
(April 13, 2019 at 9:48 pm)Shell B Wrote: Also, don't use suicidality as an excuse to police people's behavior. People who are feeling a desire to kill themselves need professional help. It's their responsibility to take the steps necessary to feel better. No amount of being nice to a suicidal person on the Internet is going to save them. For real. The emotion that leads to those feelings is too great to be cured by a "It's okay you hate women. I'm going to be nice to you anyway because I don't want you to kill yourself." Not only is it clearly disingenuous, but it does nothing to address root causes, which is what suicidal people actually need, so let's not reduce it to an oversimplified formula.
Who's talking about policing behavior? I haven't suggested any rules, or any potential penalties for breaking them.
I'm not even talking about being nice. But so long as I have a voice, I'm free to say that I think we'd be better off avoiding extremely dehumanizing language. What's the benefit in telling someone they're a piece of shit, or in calling a trans person a "creature?" Is it so important to put someone in their place? I don't think so.
(April 13, 2019 at 10:16 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I'm not your wife or one of your other hostage family members, benny.FYI my wife and I just went for a walk along a nearby stream to enjoy the cherry blossoms which are all over the place, and we bought iced cappuccinos and sat in the park with our dogs playing with our young son. Oh dear, how will she ever live with the pain!?!? How will I live with the guilt?!
How about you, Thena? Basking in the never-ending rainbows and daisies of an eternally perfect relationship that never had any problems, are you? Good for you, I'm glad!
Quote:There's no reason why I should cave to your demands to be given free reign to be an ass.Who said anything like that, ever? I'm saying that we should avoid deeply dehumanizing language, like calling people pieces of shit, because it might do harm, and it does no good. And in the case of people who obviously seem to be troubled, I'm recommending trying to find out more-- maybe something useful can be learned in a non-toxic interaction.
