When I say that poor social skills is a sin, I’m talking about the general perception. For instance, the word ‘rude’. We know that it’s a subjective thing, but when people say the word, it’s a bad reflection on that person. It’s taken as moral failure, so I called it a sin. Questionable choice of words.
I wonder how ‘hating the world’ came into the conversation. It certainly feels as though you are summarizing my outlook. If that’s the case, you’ve just done to me the thing I’m talking about. You assigned a seriously negative attitude to a guy you don’t know from Adam.
My original comments were stirred by a group of well-intended people giving what I consider to be harmful advice. You don’t blame the rape or mugging victim, but neglect to comfort the victim of anti-ND prejudice. I wasn’t defining an entire outlook on life, I was defining a salient point that I felt was being ignored.
I think it’s entirely human to swing back and forth between extremes. For myself, my knee jerk response is to look for the point of equilibrium. Denying or ignoring issues that weigh on either side is not my way.
I don’t hate the world,
@Au Naturel. But I did find that things worked out better for me when I made a point of expecting people to see reason rather than just the common way. They expected me to bend, I expected the same from them. Reading on and on, I felt the victim was being blamed by lack of balance to the argument.
