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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Martin Gentles
@mpgentles
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@Aella_Girl
Ok, forgive me saying this but I think that’s a real first World way of looking at this. For many people their lives are defined by bad experiences and they’d really like to change that.
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lobotobots
@lobotobots
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@Aella_Girl
I suppose the real object is about allowing a larger diversity within an overton window (sexual parings, property ownership, enfranchisement, etc) while disallowing other social forms and certainly forms of trauma which might be seen as debilitating.
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Steags
@Steaggs
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@Aella_Girl
This is a thought I had about mushroom many people don't like them, because often it makes us relive past traumas but at the same time it allow us to understand them better.
Jori Sackin
@JoriSackin
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@Aella_Girl
I used to have more sympathy with the view that “every pain is a teacher”, but as I’ve gotten older I do view a lot of pain as random and uninteresting and not worth dwelling on. Rather focus my attention on things I find compelling in the world.
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Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD
@Space_Boy_Ben
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A lot of literal tumors have been removed for a long time and medicine looks at what is likely to cause them (and then advises against things like asbestos in buildings), government makes laws regulating usage of said materials, & ultimately fewer people get mesothelioma...
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