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Yes, thank you... The argument is also contradictory: if the warnings risk "coddling" people too much, they must have the intended effect. But, at the same tim
by IfOnlyYouKnew 5y ago
Yes, thank you...
The argument is also contradictory: if the warnings risk "coddling" people too much, they must have the intended effect. But, at the same time, it's claimed that they are useless/absurd/etc. Both can't be true at the same time.
And if one accepts that they protect people who had traumatic experiences of violence, it's really quite something to tell them to "get over it" without having any similar experience.
Besides, if people truly believe that emotional suffering is a requirement for a well-rounded character, would they argue in favour of subjecting everyone to trauma? Not dude ranch a-night-alone-in-the-woods, but actual harm?
Maybe they would themselves really profit from some more real-world experience of struggle? Maybe donating all their belongings and starting a new life in a randomly chosen country or something like that.
- DougN7 5y agoThey can be true at the same time: the warnings have different meanings to different people even at different times in their life. I’m coming to realize just how much real trauma there is in the world by having become friends with innocent people that went through hell. We need more compassion in the world, not less.