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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thread summary....

When you don't perceive things as holding you back...
They don't hold you back....[/quote]
.. or "ignorance is bliss".[/quote]

Except he's not ignorant, he just doesn't attribute slights in the same way as others.  The other side is just as ignorant because they ASSUME malice while being ignorant as to whether it really is...  I'll live like the nephew anyday...[/quote]

His method doesn't help.  I'm not saying get in a tizzy of every slight but his way of thinking is dangerous.  That's like saying let's ignore rapes, homeless, or poverty and they should go away.  His ignorance only helps him and no one else. [/quote]

You mean his ignorance only hurts him and no one else.  [/quote]

No his ignorance helps him because he's ignoring hate people send his way.  But by not confronting it directly it sends the message that hateful behavior is okay and consequence free.  He can live in lala land, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can. [/quote]

It's a strange way to help him. If his ignorance helps him and hurts you, then teaching him his errors will help you and hurt him.  [/quote]

In the longer run it helps them both.  Yes initially he may be upset, but if he needs to think about if he has children and how they may be treated.  [/quote]

Just keep telling yourself that. All the way to the psycho therapist appt.[/quote]

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