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Aella
@Aella_Girl
A lot of things I do are really bad to my parents and my old community. You could use the words "disrespecting" or "offending" them - including stuff like me roleplaying as an extremely convincing, bible-quoting christian girl while slowly stripping on a camshow. (cont)
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@Aella_Girl
I genuinely don't want to cause pain to my parents/old community, but I also value self expression. You might argue the bar I'm setting is low - is it really that hard to just not roleplay as an evangelical christian? - and like... maybe? But it's sort of my choice - I ultimately
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@Aella_Girl
get to balance the level of self expression I want and the pain I'm willing to cause my old community. This does *not mean I approve of the pain or that I don't care* - it just means I value *even more* the freedom to perform or display anything I want.
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@Aella_Girl
This line feels deeply personal and I feel difficulty judging anybody for where they put this line - if their action *does not directly harm anyone else and does acknowledgge the pain caused by their action* - then they can limit their behavior wherever feels best for them.
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@Aella_Girl
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@easoncxz
Right - I don't think there's an easy answer to this, or maybe I think the question is poorly formed. I think both people are individually responsible for their experience - the person in pain for feeling it, *and* the person having caused pain for causing it.