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Why doesn't society accept the "stop being offended by stuff" strategY

Speaking purely from a practical point of view, isn't traini...
effete kitchen
  12/17/17
Yes. Related: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/obs...
coral telephone kitty
  12/17/17
Because the proliferation of social media has given the ment...
glittery prole
  12/17/17
There's a feedback effect too - borderline types see other b...
coral telephone kitty
  12/17/17
Do you think most intelligent libs secretly acknowledge that...
effete kitchen
  12/17/17
They’re intimidated to express that opinion due to liberal h...
White parlour
  12/17/17
they secretly became Trumpmos
Thirsty swollen orchestra pit
  12/17/17
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bonkers excitant plaza
  12/17/17
be honest: the kikes
demanding fuchsia stain ratface
  12/17/17
because getting offended is entry level victimization
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Vermilion appetizing incel temple
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lascivious splenetic resort
  12/17/17
"The man who lies to himself can be more easily offende...
effete kitchen
  12/17/17
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Chartreuse swashbuckling genital piercing
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effete kitchen
  12/26/18
The Democratic Party has basically been co-opted by the vict...
White parlour
  12/17/17
Additionally, psychologically speaking being a victim allows...
White parlour
  12/17/17
What would Buddhist philosophy say about this situation? How...
effete kitchen
  12/17/17
Seneca would have advised libs 2 slide n let do
Ebony famous landscape painting
  12/17/17


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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:40 PM
Author: effete kitchen

Speaking purely from a practical point of view, isn't training people to not take offense potentially a more viable solution to the harassment problem than trying to change behavior? People like to reject this idea on moral grounds about responsibility, etc., but if we're just trying to solve the problem of psychological harm created by other people's behavior, eliminating the feeling of being offended is a legitimate solution. We may still need to prohibit favoritism and behavior that has functional job consequences, but that is not the main criticism about creepy behavior.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942463)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:43 PM
Author: coral telephone kitty

Yes.

Related:

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/sensitive-topics-research-is-it-really-harmful-to-participants

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942487)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:44 PM
Author: glittery prole

Because the proliferation of social media has given the mentally ill a soapbox.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942489)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:47 PM
Author: coral telephone kitty

There's a feedback effect too - borderline types see other borderline types being rewarded for crazy and broadcasting it, so they compete to be even more victimized. You can see the game play out when libs meet up - who is the most victimized, who is truly suffering, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942509)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:48 PM
Author: effete kitchen

Do you think most intelligent libs secretly acknowledge that a lot of people should just chill the fuck out and stop being fags about this stuff?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942521)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:06 PM
Author: White parlour

They’re intimidated to express that opinion due to liberal hive mind back lash

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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:11 PM
Author: Thirsty swollen orchestra pit

they secretly became Trumpmos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942654)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:07 PM
Author: bonkers excitant plaza



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:57 PM
Author: demanding fuchsia stain ratface

be honest:

the kikes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942587)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:48 PM
Author: slippery headpube

because getting offended is entry level victimization

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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:03 PM
Author: Vermilion appetizing incel temple



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:11 PM
Author: lascivious splenetic resort



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:52 PM
Author: effete kitchen

"The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it."

¯ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942547)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:03 PM
Author: Chartreuse swashbuckling genital piercing



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Date: December 26th, 2018 4:55 PM
Author: effete kitchen



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:54 PM
Author: White parlour

The Democratic Party has basically been co-opted by the victimization mentality as a political platform, electoral strategy and industry. Race has become an industry and it has many profiteers and attention seekers. It’s because there’s money involved. Rational thinking and practicality don’t pay dividends like being the eternal victim.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942566)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:57 PM
Author: White parlour

Additionally, psychologically speaking being a victim allows one to disassociate ones own failures and shortcomings from ones own actions and thinking and place the blame externally and those demonized or sympathetic to victims can placate feelings of guilt or seek reassurance and acceptance via virtue signaling to absolve them of bad feelings or gain a sense of moral superiority. Psychologically it’s sick, self-reinforcing and appealing to many people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942583)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:06 PM
Author: effete kitchen

What would Buddhist philosophy say about this situation? How about the Stoics?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942628)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:32 PM
Author: Ebony famous landscape painting

Seneca would have advised libs 2 slide n let do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832159&forum_id=2#34942771)