internet pop psychology terms like "narcissist," "toxic," etc are a rly scary carceral identity based thinking - creates a "mental disorder" that just defines a person as "evil and always will be"
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It's fucked up and it's a *major thing*, a ton of vulnerable or traumatized people turn to this kind of ideology for reassurance, and it's a belief system that's like designed to reinforce the so-called "cycle of abuse"
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("There are two kinds of people in the world, predators and victims, and the fact that you were victimized is PROOF that you're the good kind of person and not the bad kind, and it means that anyone who criticizes your actions is probably a predator trying to do it to you again")
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I have a lot of ambivalent feelings about the word 'empathy' and the way it's used Because the more someone valorises it, the more likely they are to demand it for themselves and/or use it as a stick to beat dissidents and neurodivergents with But it's also an important skill
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I think saying that an "empath" is a *kind of person* is incredibly dangerous, misguided nonsense, much less saying that an empath is a kind of person who is the *opposite of a narcissist* It's like the most shockingly irresponsible thing you could say to someone
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