For the sake of viewpoint diversity / productively critical clash of ideas:
The #SobSquad movement falls into "most disagree + I don't yet have an argument which stands up to their criticism + maybe they know something important".https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1204669821859713024 …
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Malcolm ☣️cean - check sense of smell 👃 — 🌎 🇨🇦 Retweeted QC
Looks like Lulie has already seen this thread but it seems worth linking as it's definitely relevant to this idea-clash. Basically
@QiaochuYuan & I think ~"crying is bad" is actually a keystone meme holding the coercive/static society memeplex in place:https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1187240332510908416 …Malcolm ☣️cean - check sense of smell 👃 — 🌎 🇨🇦 added,
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yes. i can't tell you - i mean i literally cannot tell you b/c confidentiality - how many sessions i've facilitated that involved crying from the effects of abuse (including for myself), which in the process allowed people to acknowledge and confront the abuse
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Relaad: my cute but wrong theory is that the surge in reported psych rates meme (ie: I haven’t checked if there actually was an increase) all started from the gay rights movement (maybe earlier) which was a seismic shift towards a culture which allows for openness of expression
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(*related) This is like improving information efficiency in the system, which changes the folk perception of the costs of social norms and so on. I’ve seen a similar thing re: abuse where the sudden pop of the bubble - people expressing hurt openly - shifts the equilibrium.
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To complete the thought - where I’m unsure is re: the assumption that post-release is value neutral. It’s really really difficult to actually stay so open post emotional release that your psycho-social tensions don’t just twang back into a slightly different shape.
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I don’t know where my issue is with the modality is, but something isn’t quite framed right. It’s probably just friction between operant assumptions between bio-emotive practice and the emotional work in other meditative contexts. Just some random thoughts to bounce off, perhaps
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