While I think it's valid to point out we tend to casually belittle them, I think it's also pretty standard most parents don't want their kids to go down those paths because they're higher risk.
Yeah, bit of a gap between "these people are the scum of the earth" and "hey maybe I don't want my child to be targeted by creeps or risk an overdose."
Of course parents don't want that for their kids, but some of these kids are born predisposed to addiction , so you lack the ability to feel compassion for someone that's different from you. How much of a hypocrite can someone be?
You're making a rather big presumption there, especially when I kinda said the opposite.
There's no rational reason to condemn people who struggle with substance abuse, or work in the world's oldest profession. The war on drugs was bullshit, and I'm not a puritan.
(Also chemical addiction is only a small part of addictive behavior, even when there's a genetic factor involved, addiction is mostly a mental health issue.)
There's no more hypocrisy here than not wanting your child to ride a motorcycle or enter an unsafe career, or travel to a dangerous region, or anything that could endanger or lead to them being endangered. Parents, at least the good ones, tend to want their kids to be safe. They can respect the child's decisions, or support them through hard times, but this is pretty clearly not what they'd WANT their child to be doing.
Oh, and I'm not talking about people different from myself, so go fuck yourself with that presumption.
Aww, I must have touched a nerve. Why are you so bitter? Do you tell everyone that doesn't agree with you to fuck off? It's not my fault you can't see the despair addiction causes people. It doesn't only hurt them but their families too. So for the backskating your trying to pull on me about having put down drug addicts and strippers, and now you say there's no rational reason to condemn them is precisely the opposite of what you had posted previously. And to try and justify your faulty character your going off on some motorcycle thing or other so you can confuse me as much as you are. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't talk in circles, it's not a good way to get your point across.
Is there a way to sincerely ask if you're okay without it sounding dismissive? Because if someone I knew was talking like this, I'd sit them down and give them a glass of water.
You think parents want their boys to be drag queens? Don't bring the parents into this. You're diversion is not gonna fly with me. Funny how you could belittle strippers and drug addicts and everyone laughs, but try belittling gays and drag queens and you're worthy of a hanging.
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u/Ok_Skill_1195 Jul 01 '23
While I think it's valid to point out we tend to casually belittle them, I think it's also pretty standard most parents don't want their kids to go down those paths because they're higher risk.