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Amy's avatar

It's so interesting to get your view on this Bella. I think the one point missing is that unkindness is a sliding scale - you're right that the far end involving bullying and threats, but that doesn't mean mocking comments about trivial things like fashion are therefore insignificant. It's all relative.

The blog also misses the point that no person is all evil. Even if they do terrible things, it doesn't mean every ounce of them is terrible and it certainly shouldn't give a free pass to lambasting their clothes or image.

Respect it is your opinion and this is mine, but I think these are important points which haven't been encorporated enough.

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Elizabeth Cameron's avatar

Completely agree about the importance of nuance. I think a lot of people mistake the work “kind” for the word “nice.” True kindness means having empathy, and a kind person respects someone when they are feeling shit and want to shout about it. Forced niceness doesn’t leave people room to express themselves. It’s not healthy, in my opinion. I think a kinder world is a place where we allow people to occasionally (safely, constructively) argue, fight, disagree.

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