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@Soreth *offers pettin's*

@drwho At the same time, there's a long history on the right of refusing to draw even the simplest correlation between any allegedly-neutral policy and its unintended or undesirable circumstances. This reinforces the sense that most conservatives' arguments are disingenuous and thus not worth deciphering. I'll fully grant most liberals don't dig into the right's arguments, but at the same time, is it surprising when most conservatives don't seem to grasp the consequences of their own views?

@drwho I'm genuinely dismayed at the lack of understanding that most liberals have of conservative argument. That said, I think Blackwell's missed something critical in his analysis. People aren't used to liberals having moral arguments -- Haidt himself seems to reject the idea that liberals hold morality as a virtue -- and moral arguments brook no negotiation. By refusing to consider the moral component in modern leftist rhetoric, he conflates principled refusal to budge with ignorance.

@vahnj I'm still getting a lot of 500s and 502s on tooting and reloading. =x.x=

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@noelle I don't think we are -- if I did, I wouldn't have spoken up in the first place -- but if you don't see it that way, pursuing this will help no-one.

@noelle I said quite explicitly that nobody's obligated to embrace people who've wronged them. I think one necessary step of redemption is the understanding that forgiveness is earned, not demanded. Expecting forgiveness is a good sign that it isn't warranted and I'm not out to blame the victim either. Nothing says you have to let people who hurt you off the hook. I'm not out to disarm those who've been wronged. I want to stop bad actions from breeding cycles of violence.

@Lapis@witches.town As I understand and use it, theme is the meaning the narrative is trying to convey, or the idea that the narrative seeks to explore. Motif relates to theme in that it's a recurring symbol, and it may stand for the theme, but it could represent other things as well.

@noelle To be sure, nobody gets to claim whether they're redeemed for themselves, and the path to truly making amends for wrongdoing is hard. People are allowed to be as skeptical as they feel they need to be of others' efforts at reformation. I don't expect those who've been hurt to forgive easily or forget. But if we make redemption impossible -- if we don't permit the possibility of transformative justice -- we encourage small transgressions to compound into big ones.

@noelle I don't care about redemption arcs, but I do care about the damage wrought at scale when people are denied a chance at atonement. We know jails create repeat offenders. We know that branding people who commit crimes as "criminals" hurts their chances of reintegrating into society. How is refusing to recognize people's sincere efforts to make amends not the same thing in microcosm? If we don't let people redeem themselves, can we be surprised if they don't get better?

@Fuego Where can I download the form?

@Fuego Antifa rallies. Walking their transformed exes at the park. On the astral after touching fuzzy and following the psychic pstench to a nearby white hole. The usual.

@Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town I know it can feel that way sometimes. I believe that's not an accurate view of the truth. I can't tell you what to feel or not feel. I can't tell you what to do or not do. I can only say that there is no view of the universe that's quite like yours, and the universe would be diminished if you left it feeling like it doing so made the universe better in any way. You are unique, and blessed in that uniqueness by the gift of your conscienceness. That is worth saving. You.

@emanate "Good."

Laying with @ElectricKeet@, listening to one of @emanate's mixes. "Dissolving Time" starts playing. "It's the auditory equivalent of a dude painting with a lens flare."