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Keaton Halle's avatar

You know trans people are the T in LGBTQ (so saying both in the same statement is redundant)?

Anyway I have a feeling that humans in general are a disappointment in part because we *are* so closely related to chimpanzees (which are renowned for their violence, after all). (I admire ants, because they do so many of the things we take credit for – wood ants even make their own antibiotic by combining their formic acid with tree resin – but better in many ways…)

Sometimes rehabilitation is possible, but only via creative methods most people wouldn't think of – I've recently looked into cults (reading two of Steven Hassan's books), and I suspect this girl I've mentioned before may be trapped in a personality cult (at the very least, it makes some sense of her previously-baffling actions). Even more interesting is that cult members can be misdiagnosed with various psychiatric disorders… I don't currently know anybody in a position to apply Hassan's techniques (the Strategic Interactive Approach and so on) there, but I'll keep thinking. Not that cult LEADERS deserve much sympathy…

Other than that, I agree with most of the rest.

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Rhymes With "Brass Seagull"'s avatar

"Our society cannot have both a strong safety net and open borders. Pick one."

Google "Utopia for Realists"

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