I think the world is better off without sacred cows, rather than with them. The only way to eliminate these kinds of reactions is via “exposure therapy”.
“Exposure therapy”. Could you explain how that works, doctor? How your cure makes the patient better?
Isn’t it great that we have so many people here so sincerely concerned with making the world a better place rather than with rationalizing their own prejudices.
ETA: I Googled for “exposure therapy”, and the 2nd item on the list informed me that:
Exposing someone to their fears or prior traumas without the client first learning the accompanying coping techniques — such as relaxation or imagery exercises — can result in a person simply being re-traumatized by the event or fear. Therefore exposure therapy is typically conducted within a psychotherapeutic relationship with a therapist trained and experienced with the technique and the related coping exercises.
For some reason, the karma that knb’s comment received really annoys me. When did we come to define rationalism as “thinking about something just deeply enough to achieve self-affirmation, and then pushing the upvote or downvote button”?
Your intent seems unclear to me. The West has over the past couple hundred years loosened its restrictions on public speech regarding taboos—on atheism, racial&sexual equality, etc. This has surely caused many people mental pain.
Was this course of events then morally wrong?
Should the debaters of yore have made sure their opponents had learned ” the accompanying coping techniques — such as relaxation or imagery exercises” before proceeding towards our more pluralist world?
“Exposure therapy”. Could you explain how that works, doctor? How your cure makes the patient better?
Isn’t it great that we have so many people here so sincerely concerned with making the world a better place rather than with rationalizing their own prejudices.
ETA: I Googled for “exposure therapy”, and the 2nd item on the list informed me that:
For some reason, the karma that knb’s comment received really annoys me. When did we come to define rationalism as “thinking about something just deeply enough to achieve self-affirmation, and then pushing the upvote or downvote button”?
Your intent seems unclear to me. The West has over the past couple hundred years loosened its restrictions on public speech regarding taboos—on atheism, racial&sexual equality, etc. This has surely caused many people mental pain.
Was this course of events then morally wrong?
Should the debaters of yore have made sure their opponents had learned ” the accompanying coping techniques — such as relaxation or imagery exercises” before proceeding towards our more pluralist world?