TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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This is something that is rather common and ubiquitous around day to day life in one's existence. I'm sure this is nothing new, but most of us may have come across such insensitive, dismissive, condescending, and ignorant spiel spewed by pro-lifers. This is where pro-lifers often cite distractions and exercises just to avoid or somehow delude oneself into willing one's own (legitimate) problems away! There is nothing more arrogant, annoying, and rude to the person by ignoring, sweeping one's problems under the rug!
For example, they think of menial exercises (which works for some people) and that if one simply practices those exercises, then (all) their problems will magically vanish! They will be at peace! /sarcasm
To them (the pro-lifers), they believe that if one simply just distracts oneself and (delusional) ignores one's problems, it will magically just go away. How utterly ignorant!
The real truth is, these "distractions" do absolutely little to nothing to fix whatever circumstance one may find oneself in! In fact, the circumstances still persist and will not change nor go away until REAL action is taken to affect the outcome. A mere distraction and diversion of attention to the problem only means that one is just willfully ignoring the problem, but the problem will still persist!
Example 1:
Suppose a scenario where one is CTB'ing because of money problems and survivability (not actually uncommon in today's world given the economy, inflation, cost of living, etc.), and instead of looking to fix systemic issues or even address said individual's problem, some pro-lifer gives a platitude as a distraction, "money doesn't buy happiness, or that money isn't that important" or some cliché statement in response (Obviously some pro-lifers may not be so banal, but nonetheless, just mere distractions from the actual issue at hand), it wouldn't help said person's situation! In fact, the person is still financially struggling as always and suffering.
Example 2:
A person in an abusive and toxic situation cannot get out of it, but instead of helping said person to escape whatever is causing the suffering, the pro-lifer either dismisses or downplays the severity of the situation and tries to 'distract' the person that the situation isn't bad. Not only is that dismissive and invalidating towards said person, but also does absolutely nothing to better the situation other than to make the platitude pusher (the pro-lifer) feel good about themselves.
I think any pro-lifer with even an ounce of common sense would know that what they are saying or trying to do is not only disrespectful, banal, but also just completely useless! I wrote this thread mainly to highlight and expose the fact that 'distractions' themselves do absolutely nothing for certain problems that people face and suffer from. The only thing it does is to temporarily ignore the problem, which of course doesn't help the situation and may even make the person feel worse overall.
For example, they think of menial exercises (which works for some people) and that if one simply practices those exercises, then (all) their problems will magically vanish! They will be at peace! /sarcasm
To them (the pro-lifers), they believe that if one simply just distracts oneself and (delusional) ignores one's problems, it will magically just go away. How utterly ignorant!
The real truth is, these "distractions" do absolutely little to nothing to fix whatever circumstance one may find oneself in! In fact, the circumstances still persist and will not change nor go away until REAL action is taken to affect the outcome. A mere distraction and diversion of attention to the problem only means that one is just willfully ignoring the problem, but the problem will still persist!
Example 1:
Suppose a scenario where one is CTB'ing because of money problems and survivability (not actually uncommon in today's world given the economy, inflation, cost of living, etc.), and instead of looking to fix systemic issues or even address said individual's problem, some pro-lifer gives a platitude as a distraction, "money doesn't buy happiness, or that money isn't that important" or some cliché statement in response (Obviously some pro-lifers may not be so banal, but nonetheless, just mere distractions from the actual issue at hand), it wouldn't help said person's situation! In fact, the person is still financially struggling as always and suffering.
Example 2:
A person in an abusive and toxic situation cannot get out of it, but instead of helping said person to escape whatever is causing the suffering, the pro-lifer either dismisses or downplays the severity of the situation and tries to 'distract' the person that the situation isn't bad. Not only is that dismissive and invalidating towards said person, but also does absolutely nothing to better the situation other than to make the platitude pusher (the pro-lifer) feel good about themselves.
I think any pro-lifer with even an ounce of common sense would know that what they are saying or trying to do is not only disrespectful, banal, but also just completely useless! I wrote this thread mainly to highlight and expose the fact that 'distractions' themselves do absolutely nothing for certain problems that people face and suffer from. The only thing it does is to temporarily ignore the problem, which of course doesn't help the situation and may even make the person feel worse overall.
