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> And this isn't a geniune response, but either the reaction of someone with mental health problems, or emotional manipulation, or both Or it is the geniune re

• coldtea 3y ago
  If by genuine you mean "they really do feel entitled to this behavior", then maybe. But somehow people with mental health issues managed to not have such responses, at times when the chance wasn't offered to them (or even encouraged). So if driven by that, it certainly is not an unavoidable and necessary part of having such a mental health problem. In others words, there's still agency involved.
  • chrisjj 3y ago
    > If by genuine you mean "they really do feel entitled to this behavior", then maybe. No, by genuine I mean genuine. And genuine is best not conflated with entitlement, I find
    • coldtea 3y ago
      Being hurt by the memory of a personal experience while seing some movie can be genuine. Being an activist about it, to stop such showings, or to hurt the film studies professor showing it, is entitlement (or worse).
      • chrisjj 3y ago
        > Being an activist about it Straw man.