I believe in the sacredness of bad experiences - that undergoing and processing painful things is inherently valuable and full of meaning, and that stepping directly into the thing that's hard to acknowledge - in both the world and yourself - is the key to growth and peace. So...
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this is a reason why I sometimes feel sad about social justice. In social justice, bad experiences are not sacred - they must be eliminated. The sense of trauma or grief are treated like enemies instead of important, solemn friends. Pain is excised like a tumor.
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I do not think that people find meaning in painful things when they know they could have easily been avoided. Social justice is exactly that: avoiding the pain that can easily be avoided. That way, there still will be adversity, and it will be real, not fabricated.
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Agreed. Pain is humbling. When everything feels hunky-dory, we can become arrogant, complacent or indifferent to the suffering of others. Bad experiences help cut through any sense of superiority or entitlement, and remind us that comfort isn't our birthright.
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That has definitely become the cliche, partially true, but also partially used to throw the baby out with the bathwater (like, you know, actual social justice)
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Don't mean to be harsh.
It seems like sentiment someone whose bad experiences are limited to something that does not cripple a person in the inside.
1. NOTHING is sacred.
2. It depends. Some bad experiences cause damage that no "growth" or "meaning" can make it worth it.
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So, what policy issue are you most starved for high-level engagement with?
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Depression and listlessness among 20-something males. Got it!
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I always thought the SJW's were centrists, or even right wing, and definitely authoritarian, being all about trying to control others, and limiting freedoms.
So SJWs are on the top/bottom of the 2D political map, opposing the libertarians more than anything else.
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Yeah this is a pretty functional definition of sacred, but I think that’s the one I believe in.