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Well, that seems to miss the point entirely right? Like if more people were exactly like this woman then they would still be just as anti as they are now. The only thing that made this woman be more compassionate was when it became a problem she dealt with herself.
Either you'd have to ask "why can't more people also deal with this problem personally?" or better yet
"Why can't more people be BETTER than this woman?"
God forbid that people grow to change their views.
She escaped a mindset she was taught when she was young. I was taught to hate gay folks, abortions, etc. Typical Christian upbringing. Then all my best friends in high school were queer and I was like "so what else was I taught incorrectly?"
No one is born perfect. Glad she grew to change and now supports others in these tough situations.
She wouldnt have had to change her views if people like her didnt oppress others
Well yeah. But they do, so she did.
You know what? Thats fair.
This article is about how women deal with their own beliefs/morals/views against their own reality.
She did it as gracefully as she could within those parameters.
It would take you a year to find 10 people with the same ability to introspect and correct this type of behavior and conditioned thought, if you even found them.
If people changing their views to accept more people is not a win, why convince them or attempt to in the first place?
You dont each them so they can claim to be a "good person"
You teach them so they stop harrassing actual good people and stop teaching their children evil shit
If you have to be personally effected to realise something is bad, you are a piece of shit. Hands down. With that reasoning altruism simply wouldnt exist.
|You dont each them so they can claim to be a "good person"
You teach them so they stop harrassing actual good people and stop teaching their children evil shit
It's not about allowing them to claim it, it's about having experiences that teach you empathy. You aren't born with it and neither are they.
You have had experiences that have led you to having empathy about that subject before they did. But guess what, if that person is able to recognize their faults and go forward with empathizing with that thing, they're likely to apply that same thinking to other matters just like you did.
This is true, but some people don't change even after dealing with the problem personally.
And that is exactly why I'm talking about this woman, she made a conscious decision to be better, and that is something to celebrate.
Yes!