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Relationship conventions are simply not something everyone in society can agree upon. I don't think most people can even commit to a single set of relationship
by alpineidyll3 6y ago
Relationship conventions are simply not something everyone in society can agree upon. I don't think most people can even commit to a single set of relationship conventions for themselves over a ten year period.
Aside from the broadest guidelines of decency (that no one should endure involuntary harm, or limit another's freedom) I am pessimistic that people could rally around any universal set of rules for relationships.
Since that's the reality, I think people need to be less sensitive about whoever they are offending with their ideas, inevitably, as long as they don't involuntarily harm or constrain someone else. They also need to quit evangelizing for whatever their morals are, this second, because they will probably be different tomorrow.
We still have a long ways to go preventing involuntary harm, and fostering freedom. Maybe if people focused on that, things would be easier.