On one hand, it's good to listen to and make space for someone's pain. On the other hand, if someone's expression of pain is hurting you, it's okay to have boundaries and refuse to endure it. For example:
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More specifically, this is often used with race. As in, your racial group has hurt my racial group, therefore I have the right or justification to be mean or intolerant to you, to demand you listen to me and not speak, to minimize your opinions. No, this is not okay.
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When we are used to privilege equality can feel like harm.
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woke? “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” – Inigo Montoya woke verb past of wake
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Wait. There's a distinction between 'I have been hurt' and 'I'm being emotionally hurt right now' and also one between 'I'm being deniably, pragmatically and unlawfully hurt right now'. The latter does make ignoring them or shutting out their voice illegitimate.
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