[guy who has never studied alexander technique] what if collapsed awareness is the root of all evil
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a lot of what passes for evil in the world imo is people doing what comes naturally after successfully having blocked out the fact that other people really exist
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"And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
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granny weatherwax was right
brer-powerofbabel.blogspot.com/2009/02/granny
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something about granny weatherwax always ticked me off more than just about any other character in fiction
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haha she certainly is uh... extraordinarily pushy yeah? or is it something else?
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feels.. coercive/presumptuous about other people + character acting directly as authorial voice
like the "white that got grubby" line - what she's saying is right in context
but no.
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maybe something like
"the person as portrayed is not safe and not great
but the author does not understand the result of that personality interacting with the world and doesn't write many negative sides into story. they don't see the harms"
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hmhm yeah i could see that. she's a bit like dr. house in that her behavior is only even remotely forgivable if she's right practically all the time about everything
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