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RE: When We're Really Just Making Excuses
What gets really weird is when people present their phobias as virtuous. I'm thinking of guns specifically.
I'm terrified of guns; they're just so scary. As if a crippling phobia is something to be proud of.
What happened to personal development?
Recognising a personal shortcoming and finding ways to manage or resolve it.
You can be anti-gun; but being terrified of them shouldn't be something to brag about.
If anything it should serve to undermine the validity of your position.
I feel like this is a new phenomenon. I'm sure phobias used to be something people avoided sharing as they can make you vulnerable (at least that was my experience when younger). Now that we're being encouraged to open up and are offered sympathy instead of the raucous laughter, while Johnny gets a beetle dropped down his top and he freaks, it seems like there's competition to be the most crippled by fear and get the most sympathy.
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