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Glad to actually get clarification of the misunderstanding. Thanks for being responsive! I agree with you fully here. The semantic thing is that there's this u
by quadrangle 5y ago
Glad to actually get clarification of the misunderstanding. Thanks for being responsive!
I agree with you fully here. The semantic thing is that there's this useful self-reflective framing of contrasting "responsibility" from "blame" similarly to contrasting restoration vs retribution. The idea is that blame is about accountability, about finding fault, and it's commonly the mindset we're in when we're reactive in the sort of sense of not being stoic, being stuck on being mad that the world is the way it is and so on. By contrast, if we are taking responsibility, we are asking ourselves how to actually respond to the reality we face instead of focusing on figuring out who to blame. I know that's not a universally recognized distinction, but I find it very useful.