• @FiniteBanjo
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    03 months ago

    Your actual stance was:

    I’d argue that perhaps you don’t have the sense-memory of its effects, but you also lack the moral relativism of trying to justify your own pain to yourself. All those people saying ‘well I’ve [experienced something unacceptable] and I’m just fine’ seem pretty empathy-poor. Being forced to swallow your pride as a child does a lot to fuck with your sense of right and wrong.

    If you want to turn that around and have a decent conversation now then I’m afraid it’s too late for you. You’ve lost all credibility in my eyes.

    • @cazssiew@lemmy.world
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      03 months ago

      Buddy, that’s the same point, that pain fucks with you and it takes distance and introspection to grow from it, otherwise you wither into self-pity and callousness.