I like this pragmatism because it sheds light on the realities of life. People live their experience in a muddy grey world, which is far less crystal than any a

I like this pragmatism because it sheds light on the realities of life. People live their experience in a muddy grey world, which is far less crystal than any activist would like to imagine. Activism thrives on polarizing individuals and circumstances, more so off-late. We could call it politicization. Either way, I believe that it’s more harmful than helpful. That polarizing the PoVs of individuals makes them more apathetic for those that hold different views. The piece that was beautifully described by the author (paraphrasing) - “we can follow X while acknowledging that this isn’t how things should be, that it’s unfair - yet this is how the world is today”. On a similar level, but less consequential for sure, being left handed creates an additional step/mental block for individuals in a world that mostly defaults to right-handedness. I consciously nudged my own child towards being more right-handed for this reason, because I didn’t want them to have this additional piece to process on top of the already complex life they were going to have by likely inheriting my ASD.