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I believe that, if you pursue truth far enough, everything will be okay. On the other side, there will be compassion and acceptance. If it looks 'bad' on the way through, it's just because you don't have the full story, but this shouldn't stop you from acknowledging harsh truths.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Aug 8, 2020

A lot of supposedly 'racist' stuff falls into this. It might look bad, but if you acknowledge it and keep pressing, you'll ultimately find that it leads you to greater compassion and acceptance for the group it's supposedly racist against. 2/

Aella

@Aella_Girl

For example, if you deny that black kids have worse educational outcomes, you lose the ability to properly look into *why* this is the case. If you deny even the possibility of black men catcalling more, you immediately shut down curiosity about what's going on behind it. 3/

7:40 PM · Aug 8, 2020

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I don't feel fear of admitting truths that might seem 'bad.' I don't see them as bad. I believe under every 'bad' action there's a human being with a story. And freaking out at acknowledging 'badness' in groups just shuts down our ability to explore their stories.

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In general this is true. But in this instance, there was a generalized assertion that is not accepted as fact, not empirically verified and based solely on personal experience (though not presented that way), and no demonstration of sensitivity about the underlying factors.