Update on My Situation

Post by unityByFreedom » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #48

sillysaurusx wrote: post #38

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Ah. Thank you! That’s an entirely reasonable theory that fits the data. I didn’t realize he blogged about his patients. Do you happen to know of any examples of articles he published along those lines? Now I’m curious what he said...

https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/12/34/ here's one, I don't know if he put that preface on all of them, apparently he fictionalises them and mixes them up.

> Sometimes I worry I might be the worst person in the world to do psychotherapy. My coping strategy is to not talk about or react to my emotions and wait for them to go away. This usually works. I know this is exactly the opposite of what psychotherapy is supposed to teach, and all I can say is that it works for me and I seem to be pretty psychologically healthy and maybe I am just a mutant.

Um, yes, burying your emotions is unhealthy! I'm surprised to see this coming from anyone in the realm of mental health. It is much more surprising coming from a supposed mental health professional who created a decently sized discussion forum via his blog. He continues,

> My relationship strategy is the same. Date really low-conflict, low-drama, agreeable people. If we have a conflict anyway, then agree to disagree and wait for the problem to go away. Apparently this is terrible

Yes... Yes it is. When you are motivated to be your best and you still fail, such as when people have kids, you realize you're better off dealing with your emotions rather than ignoring them. Some people realize this earlier than others. I hope the number of people practicing in mental health while maintaining this blogger's attitude is small.

Post by bargl » Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 11:05 PM UTC

joshuamorton wrote: post #140

bargl wrote: post #139

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>I think the issue may be that you're defining cancel culture in a way that's very different than what most people in general, and in this thread, do. That's not wholly your fault, but it does mean that the conversation probably won't be fruitful. Just to be clear, I'm using a definition that I did not come up with on my own. Cancel culture doesn't have one definition. I linked a video where T1J kinda covers this. He…

> The best example I can think of was the lady who got on the flight and when she landed she didn't have a job. That's Justine Sacco. > Other examples would be the google memo guy (kind of a reverse order firing iirc) I (as a firsthand account) argue that Damore had ample opportunity to contextualize his comments, so I'd disagree that this meets your definition, although there's been so much misleading information si…

>But the examples you gave don't really meet that objectively bad definition.

I'm not trying to write a dictionary definition. You are correct that my way of phrasing this definition is really objectively bad. What is a non-celebrity, how do we quantify this? If you google people who lost their jobs for facebook posts etc you'll find some example.

The ones that concern me more are the people who flashed across your screen, an image, a video, some "Karen" who did something on social media or someone video'd them and their company saw it, then they got fired. The context doesn't get picked up by the news so there really is no story other than a post by someone who was picked up and a life that was ruined.

>This is sort of why the sky is falling concerns about cancellation don't resonate with me. The definition you picked is, I'd argue one that frames cancellation as an objectively unfair thing. And one that is concerning even when it ultimately makes the right choice.

Fairness, is for courts and groups of people who have time and inclination to look at context to determine. My issue with cancellations I've seen is if you get a post blown up (even moderately so) and you lose your job, no one knows or cares.

This is not a sky is falling issue, but it is a new issue that's come up in the modern internet era and Laws lag behind this sort of thing. You should not be able to be fired for being pro-Insert your politician here-. Even annoyingly so. That should not affect where you work, I believe that right now that freedom is at risk on both sides in the US. Is it a top 10 political risk on my whiteboard? No, I don't have a board. But it's an issue, and we can agree to disagree that it even is an issue. You won't get any argument that I made a good definition.

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