Tbh I'm a big fan of the old Chinese tradition where people -- or at least people considered important, scholars and professionals etc. -- carried multiple different names throughout their lifetime for different contexts (family, school, colleagues, etc)https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/1294245165373239300 …
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The right to be a different person at different times in different contexts is something we all draw on to some degree whether we admit it or not We strip it away from people who've done terrible things, and the act of stripping it is itself a shameful, traumatizing punishment
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The scarlet letter, the brand Forcing you to knock on your neighbors' doors going "I'm a registered sex offender" Having a context that sticks to you like superglue and can never be removed whatever other context you try to adopt
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I'm not saying you're not allowed to do that or you should never do that There are a lot of people I'd happily do that to I'm saying that when you do that to someone, you are telling everyone you don't like this person and you are treating them with hostility
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