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As I said, the normal human failings/thoughts/emotions are not the same thing as this articles premise. I also do not accept that everyone has moments of cruelt
by hestipod 7y ago
As I said, the normal human failings/thoughts/emotions are not the same thing as this articles premise. I also do not accept that everyone has moments of cruelty. Cruel thoughts are not the same thing. We all think things and choosing how we react is the difference. I feel that trying to claim even the best people are secretly hiding evils is an attempt to feel better about one's own feelings or actions. I am confident in the examples I look up to be sure I "know" their true natures.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoMy agrument is not the article's premise applies equally to everyone in severity. My argument is that people are never who they present themselves to be. This is due a variety of things, a mix of intentional avoidance of topics and impossibility to completely share a lifetime experience with another, atomic human mind. That you assume this claim is itself a deceptive act is an easy cognitive shortcut from parsing that I could be potentially as honest as you in my viewpoint. Why do that?
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- hestipod 7y agoBecause I don't see the fact that we have to present ourselves to the outside world with some form of restraint or self censorship to function (your technically correct "not who we appear to be") as remotely the same thing as fraud designed to manipulate/profit. I don't think it's reasonable at all to put those in the same box as some proof "everyone does it".
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoThe requirements of society are to practice restraint and portray ourselves at our best. It’s manipulation, mutually agreed upon and without negative connotation. Being able to observe extreme and moderate things at the same time doesn’t make them completely different actions that aren’t at all related.