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What I find baffling is the lack of adult conversations about such issues. The writing I saw attributed to Erika Christakis was thoughtful, constructive, and p
by matthewmacleod 11y ago
What I find baffling is the lack of adult conversations about such issues.
The writing I saw attributed to Erika Christakis was thoughtful, constructive, and polite. It didn't attack anybody, but promoted a viewpoint that talked about inclusion and the difficultly that can be experienced when attempting to understand the viewpoints of other groups. It's not at all combative.
I guess it just seems plainly self-evident to me that sensible discussion would be far more constructive towards solving the issues at hand. Harassment achieves almost nothing.
- nailer 11y agoThe loud people get the attention. A 'strident voice' who openly wants to kill all men and talks about gay people as a single entity gets more attention and exposure than the more reasonable folks because they're louder, won't stop, will use their followers to attack dissenting viewpoints and because more reasonable people still see them as being on the same 'side'.
- emily-c 11y agoIt's interesting that the particular way these sorts of people are loud is enabled by the proliferation of social media. A side effect of society being more connected.
- CountSessine 11y agoWhat I find baffling is the lack of adult conversations about such issues. Perhaps because the conversation is being dominated by teenagers? The 'catastrophism' that the article cites is actually a normal psychological trait shared by teenagers. What's really at fault here I think is our binary definition of adulthood - none of the students excoriating their dorm 'master' here should really be considered psychological adults.