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It's a recurring problem with humans that something makes them feel bad, and then they stop listening.
Someone who feels bad about how they didn't go to college, and then stops listening to the contents, is a fool.
You are correct that there are many such people, and we should probably avoid triggering them, but it's kind of frustrating we have to constantly walk on eggshells lest someone's fragile ego cracks and a monster comes out.
Not only walking on eggshells, we are literally being forced to put our children in danger of infectious diseases that we got rid of a long fucking time ago
I mean you’re not wrong. It’d be great to live in a perfect world. This method has worked great for leftists and liberals alike in winning friends.
Perhaps because I’ve walked the line between workers rights and blue collar backgrounds I have a little more empathy for meeting people where they’re at then demanding they adhere to academic standard. I’ve never found arrogance, perceived or real, to be a very helpful tool in organizing or building community. Flies and honey and all that jazz.