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So is your point that you are angry and fed up? Me too. Credibility matters in the long run. Feelings are fleeting. Both have great value. Acting only on feelings will have divisive outcomes and result in more bad feelings. Acting only on intellect only will unintentionally not account for some factor and result in more bad feelings. Holding dogmatic to either method only perpetuates conflict. What point am I missing?

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fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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- multifariace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Nothing in my comment has anything to do woth someone’s right to exist. My comments have been about how they are treated. Nothing in my comments has been about trans people needing to justify themselves. Your perception of this is way off from reality. That is because of feelings overwhelming your communication. I’m sorry you are so hurt. Please try to stop seeing the world as dichotomous. It is far from it.
  
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  - fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ah, and there it is. You have proven my point, yet again, better than I ever could.
    
    “In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? Isn’t this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?”
    
    You just told me my anger is the problem and that my feelings are “overwhelming my communication.” That I should stop seeing the world as dichotomous. In other words: the person naming the injustice is responsible for the discomfort caused by naming it. You tone police the objection so you never have to address the objection itself, and your response to being told you were handling it badly was to diagnose my emotional state. And your response to being told you were handling it badly was to diagnose my emotional state.
    
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    multifariace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You continue to add context that I did not give. Try going back and reading carefully to see how incorrect you are. That is why I say feelings cannot work alone. They fill in blanks with biases rather than asking why. For example, why do you believe I think anger is a problem? In all the context I have said feelings are important. The only feelings I have mentioned is hurt. How can you not be by the state of the world? I am. Also, your writing has tone that would appear as such. This is called empathy.
    
    I deal with all kinds of people all the time. It is more common than not for bias to get in the way of communication. Feelings are a major player here. I’d like to recommmend reading some neuroscience. I am a fan of Jonathan Haidt. His books have helped me understand a lot of this. The Righteous Mind is a great start. Also, understanding how falacies work is very helpful.
    
    King’s letters from jail are great pieces of history but do not connect here. It doesn’t feel like you have been reading what I have written and are even fabricating meaning. So again, I have no idea what your point is or if it has anything to do with mine?
    
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