NihilusZero
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ORIGINAL: Choosingtochoose It's certainly not hurting anyone to point out what I did. It's a valid point. I'd go so far as to say that your OP might have garnered less argument without the last sentence (which started delving into caricaturizations and some slight presumptions about how one should go about their business as far as deciding who's a "jerk" and who isn't based on what they want). People, by and large, typically have some degree of profound emotional turmoil. Some will have some kind of historical family events which can qualify as "abuse". And some of those people will also find themselves attracted to either the play/act part of WIITWD or the dynamic/authority part of it or both. What you're speaking to, as Aileen mentioned, is a psychological malformation that's irrlevant of the lifestyle. And, honestly, it probably has some merit solely in the fact that plenty of people are not very developed in assessing themselves in a clinical, analytical way in relationships (it's not something that's actually taught and life applauds tons of other endeavors more loudly, to where self-discovery typically become a trial-by-error process...and that's if time is taken to understand how previous mistakes happened and why). And, even with all that, it may not always translate into getting it right the first time anyhow. So, in that sense I can kind of see the benefit of what you're trying to do, but between an emotive finish, and the fact that posts such as them can be seen as attention-grabbing they're likely to get iffy responses. Also, when you describe a certain sub-populace as being prone to something that's viewed negatively (whether correct or not) you're going to get push-back from people who consider themselves part of it (or from those involved with such a person) if they "feel" that they don't deserve to be lumped in with the generalization (again, even if the generalization is correct and even if it's correct in their specific case as well).
< Message edited by NihilusZero -- 2/8/2011 4:10:50 PM >
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