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Given that the author has, in other comments, mentioned suicidal tendencies... I'd suggest the equivalence might be real to them.
Shrug I dunno. I find this poorly written, and poorly thought out, and fails to touch much at all in me; granted, my moments of compassion are few and far between.
But the hostile response is disproportionate to what was actually written, to the point where I must conclude that this piece has successfully made its readers feel deeply uncomfortable, and the hostility is a rationalization to cover that discomfort.
That's fair, I suppose. I do feel accused of callously ignoring a population of people for whom I have a great deal of sympathy. I think my criticisms stand, but I guess I could have been kinder.
I want to engage and think about this more, but I'm not sure I can have this conversation without feeling hostile.
Which is why the anti-politics rule exists, I think. Because most people can't disengage enough. The downvotes are perfectly fair, otherwise any authentic-enough political crying fit would be a heckler's veto on the anti-politics rule, which would just become politics by another name as people tried to decide what qualified as authentic.
But people should view stuff like this as... exercises in recognizing and overcoming their biases. Not excuses to attack wrongthought.
You make good points. I'm not going to redact, because I don't think I'm incorrect, but I'm tapping out of this thread.