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[sontres]

This past Thursday, I was supposed to go to a day long poster session/social gathering type thing with my work. Okay, great, I get to sit around all day, listen to people talk, and get paid for it. I never bothered signing up for work emails, so I asked one of my co-workers where it would be. He told me it would be at a particular park, so I looked

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[princess_xena]

Believing in your beliefs is only bad to another person when they don't agree with what they believe to be truth. I think the proper word for that is arrogance.

No one is required to agree with any other person. We just do the best we can. People need to give each other grace.

[wolfbrotherjoe]

Because the new morality is to not believe in morality at all - there is no right and wrong, merely what you choose to do with your life. Repercussions are not because of a person's actions, but because of societal pressures causing them distress - societal pressures caused by people believing that they're right.

Next time someone says that to you, you say back "You think your beliefs are right, too. What makes us so different?"

Possible answer: "Mine are based on logic." Your response: "What logic?" I can almost guarantee you that every single bit of 'logic' they present, you can respond to with "That's not logical, that's an emotional appeal."

Possible answer: "Mine are based on acceptance." Your response: "Well, mine are based on compassion. Some things are merely hurtful. If you accept hurtful things, you spread pain. For compassionate results, acceptance cannot be a primary consideration."

Etc.

[sontres]

What baffles me is that this was used as an insult in a *debate* community. If these people honestly believe that the new morality is to have no morality at all, then why the heck would they want to be on a debate community about moral issues? It irks me.

[erinfondue]

I think it's more about having an ambiguous morality, something that is mutable and clever, rather than sincere. It's not that the current fashion is to have "no" morality, it's to be constantly in flux, to be constantly philosophizing without ever dedicating yourself to an answer - because, I've said again and again to myself and in my journal, dedicating yourself to a philosophy is incredibly difficult and not nearly as fun as saying, "Hey! You! You're wrong!"

[erinfondue]

P.S. Maybe "white and hairsy" is a very good thing!