It wouldn't be Thursday if no one told me their opinion invalidates my lived experiences.
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@bryngreenwood My lived experience is that many people think their lived experience invalidates reality/statistics.1 reply 5 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
I've seen more people who think their opinion should hold more weight than others' experiences. Opinion /=statistics
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Replying to @bryngreenwood
They could be right or wrong. Depends whether the opinion or the experience tallies with the facts of the matter.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
precisely my point. Having an opinion about someone's experience isn't the same as having better facts about their experience.
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Replying to @bryngreenwood
eg If someone experiences same sex marriage as an invalidation of the sanctity of their opp sex marriage, they really feel it
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Replying to @HPluckrose @bryngreenwood
Others can still argue that, in fact, it doesn't affect their marriage in any way & that they'd do better to get over it.
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Or someone cld experience criticism of her writing as sexism or racism but others could look at the evidence and disagree.
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