(March 8, 2014 at 12:10 pm)Brakeman Wrote:(March 8, 2014 at 11:57 am)Bittersmart Wrote: And why are we assuming that it's other people brainwashing her?
oh! Why sure, she probably just woke up one morning and said, "Golly Gee Wilikers I'ma gonna pick me out an imaginary friend today!" After selecting several fictional children's books out of the library, she probably picked this one over spongebob -
After reading that I'm sure it suddenly came to her on her own volition to decide that her disease is a gift and she should love a imaginary skyfairy that made her so unattractive to other people because he'll give her gold and jewels in heaven for her suffering..
Really... ?
Come on now, stop that. We both know it's more complicated than that, and reducing what I'm saying to strawmen isn't the way to have a discussion. Like I said, I don't use the term "brainwashing" very often. I wasn't brainwashed when I was a child. I was taught. And then I grew up and taught myself something new. And then I changed my belief system. There was nothing overtly nefarious about it.
