Those are the same things. You are what you do.
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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
No, but I would say something like “I am very dissapointed in you for doing X”. A kid can’t change who they “are”, but they can change what they “do”.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Correlation is not causation
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
we’re talking about people dude. we are not talking about scientific principles.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
Yes we are talking about people. People can be held accountable for their actions and people can change their ways if they make mistakes. You’re saying that people cannot change. If they bought a tesla, they’re nazis, so fuck them.
scarabic@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
You can choose and change what you do.
You can’t choose or change what you are.
If you get confused about do / be just refer back to those rules and you’ll know which one applies.
scarabic@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
This is a key distinction. To make sure they understand it properly, I usually push it even further to “You did a disappointing thing.”