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Sometimes it's better to accept that someone's lived experience is more accurate than your assessment of it from an article you just read. Your comment comes ac
by devindotcom 5y ago
Sometimes it's better to accept that someone's lived experience is more accurate than your assessment of it from an article you just read. Your comment comes across as extremely callous and insensitive towards someone who is sharing their feelings of pain and loss.
- only_as_i_fall 5y agoIs Isabel fall even claiming that this ruined her life? Seems like clear case of sensationalism on the part of either the author of the article or Vox You might have a point if Fall wrote this, but she didn't and you dont because this literally isn't her "lived experience"
- devindotcom 5y ago"The story was withdrawn to avoid my death," she says. It is not sensationalism, she was nearly driven to suicide. She is not obligated to summarize her trauma into bullet points for you so it meets your requirements for being described using certain words. Just consider empathizing rather than antagonizing as a first response to something you personally don't understand or agree with.
- only_as_i_fall 5y agoI empathize but I just don't like the narrative here where it's all the internet fault and cancel culture has gone too far or whatever. If you tell someone they're ugly you're a dick and if you tell someone they're ugly and they go home and shoot themselves you're still a dick but you're certainly not responsible for their death. Apparently we aren't mature enough to have a discussion about reasonably expected consequences here though.