I gave the tweet another read. It's not quite as bad as on first impression. It uses charged language. Coddling. Great Untruths(of which the first one is wrong). References to universities and liberal democracies. The tweet violates it's own third rule.
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw @Plinz
If the tweet just said "check out these tools that can help people overcome adversity", I imagine I'd have reacted much differently.
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw
Again, I find the normative stance offensive. The text offers an analysis (which the reader is free to disagree with). It is not telling you what to do or think or check out. You are an autonomous being.
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Replying to @Plinz
The part with the proverbs "prepare the child for the road", that aligns with my beliefs. The part where they state the Untruth of Fragility, that makes me mad, because I think it's wrong. If you put the maddening stuff at the start of your statement, the rest won't be read.
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw @Plinz
I'm a fragile person. That book(and tweet) is about helping me, right? But the authors don't understand what will make a fragile person get mad and stop reading? So how come they give analysis on fragility if they don't understand this?
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw
Don’t you see that this not a book for you, but about you? It is not meant to help you, but to explain to others why you are so helpless.
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Replying to @Plinz
Well, now I can :p I still don't feel comfortable about some dudes doing analysis about me behind me back, in a way that would make me mad if I read it. But whatever, gonna have to let this one go. How do you take charge of your own brain?
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw
It is not behind your back, and it is not the fault of others if you are not an adult. It is probably something in the drinking water, plus indoctrination by the currently fashionable cults.
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Replying to @Plinz
The "not an adult" bit kind of stings. What are my options to resolve the sting? I can think of two. I can accept that your words capture some truth, and then I start to feel bad about myself. Or I can downgrade you in my head to take the power from your words. Got more options?
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Replying to @MagpieMcGraw
You are heavily domesticated. If you don’t take responsibility for what is right and wrong and instead leave this to “good people” (authorities of your belief system) you cannot fully grow up. The decision about what makes you feel bad is only up to you.
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You also have the choice to accept that I may be right or not, but am well intentioned towards you. You are free to take from my words whatever you want. You have permission to be free.
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Replying to @Plinz
Okay that's what I was looking for. I was living my life having 2 options to deal with words, and not choosing either option was taking massive amounts of effort.
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