Posted by Larry Hoover on March 19, 2006, at 11:55:25
In reply to Re: Trigger warnings as POLICY, posted by Gabbix2 on March 19, 2006, at 1:03:56
>Sometimes I think the amount of hurt seems to develop in proportion to the amount of theory saying what one might potentially be hurt by.
I see something different.
Frankly, I am hearing pain described, in this thread, that I didn't know about before. There are so many silent but hurting people.
I always thought my own pain around blocks was mine. It only applied to me. So, I had to approach seeking comfort based on my solitary experience. Even if broader principles were at play.
So, I was really trying to stay on the point, the one about triggers. I even asked some people, early in this thread, to do that, to stay on point. I didn't realize that they were.
I'm sensing a groundswell of suppressed emotion around the current blocking system. About people feeling very very hurt.
And I wasn't ready for that. I didn't know just how much silence is already here.
It keeps knocking me off what ought to be a simple progression of talking about ideas, or visions. I get stalled. Because it hurts. Our pain hurts me.
I think people are really dissatisfied with the status quo. That's what I think. But there are so many rational arguments for maintaining any specific system of governance.....people well and truly mourned the fall of communism.....it is bigger than I knew.
Or, I am completely wrong. And from over here, I can't tell the difference right now.
If anyone was pausing while I gathered my thoughts (I did say I had some things to get together, to say them right), it may be a little while before I can do it.
I'm in one of those "I care too much" moments. And, given the subject, time is not relevent. They take as long as they take, methinks.
Lar
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