I’m both horrified and fascinated by the astrology blowback. Astrology is clearly bullshit, and I’m confused by why that would be controversial. Did a bunch of people adopt the astrology religion when I wasn’t looking? If so… why?
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I think the blowback isn't because of "Astrology is bullshit", but "Astrology is bullshit... and I will not tolerate anyone who believes it".
This is an attempt to remove slack from others. Very hostile and dangerous
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I don't see where Aella said she wouldn't tolerate anyone who believes it: she said she thinks people who believe in it are uniquely bad at thinking. But tolerating a belief doesn't require that we continue to think highly of those that believe it.
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to be fair I did say I am wary of emotional closeness with ppl who literally believe in astrology cause I don't trust them to have skepticism enough to look past their own projections to see me
I wouldn't naturally think of tolerance but it does seem to fit the notion of "cutting people slack". I think I cut people this kind of slack if their belief in astrology doesn't seem literal, but I think you gave the same kind of caveat.
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yeah if it's not literal I have much much more leeway with it, not even in the same ballpark
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Well that's what you said, sure, but the Twitter transformation function here was really predictable...
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One reason I was given when the last woman I was seriously courting broke up w/ me was that our kundlis didn't match. And this after repeatedly insisting "oh I'm just curious about astrology, it's so interesting" and slowly coaxing relevant info out of me.
Yeah. Lesson learned.
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