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Tumblr is not the rest of the otherkin community,
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chasingcaribou:
Which I realize and happily embrace.
But if you know it makes a person uncomfortable to respond to them in a particular way, why do it anyway? What is gained out of that?
Tossing up being “uncomfortable” as a shield against all criticism just doesn’t fly with me. Creationists are uncomfortable with science, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging their ideas with geological, biological, and astronomical evidence. Anti-vaccers are uncomfortable with medical science, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging their ideas with scientific studies regarding vaccination and autism. The “Wicca is ancient and nine million european women died in the burning times” crowd are uncomfortable with history, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging them with historic evidence. If they’re going to post publicly, they should expect to have to defend their ideas rather than have others coddle them because opposing viewpoints make them uncomfortable. That’s part of growing up.
chasingcaribou:
Which I realize and happily embrace.
But if you know it makes a person uncomfortable to respond to them in a particular way, why do it anyway? What is gained out of that?
Tossing up being “uncomfortable” as a shield against all criticism just doesn’t fly with me. Creationists are uncomfortable with science, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging their ideas with geological, biological, and astronomical evidence. Anti-vaccers are uncomfortable with medical science, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging their ideas with scientific studies regarding vaccination and autism. The “Wicca is ancient and nine million european women died in the burning times” crowd are uncomfortable with history, that doesn’t mean we should stop challenging them with historic evidence. If they’re going to post publicly, they should expect to have to defend their ideas rather than have others coddle them because opposing viewpoints make them uncomfortable. That’s part of growing up.
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