Scouts honor.

It's almost as if it's actually pretty normal and the framework we've built around identity and language, while a good tool for communication, has the drawback of limiting expression though things like this gender.
Anyways flat character arc, freedom as a value. Idea spaghetti at the wall.

And to be absolutely clear I'm not equating these things to plurality. I'm just saying there are aspects of society that can be routed to destigmatize or maybe even understand. God speed on your quest. O7

I may be a fool but I feel like it's an easier pill to swallow if framed the right way. People already understand characters like The Hulk and there's plenty of normie culture around code switching. "mama bear mode" and whatnot. People love being multiple personas.

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But it fails when those others don't have that void to fill.

A straw man sure, and not a blanket statement either. But sometimes rude people are just suffering and don't know any better.

I share this also as a device to feel pity for your enemy. Because they aren't worth anger.

And I feel like they may have got there by living a live so devoid of freedom and control over anything that this is all they understand. Perhaps insisting that others only enjoy something because of nostalgia is them trying to give the same feeling of control to others.

Actually the more I think about this it's actually quite sad. To be the kind of person that says this there's a non zero chance it's because they're asserting power and control over their interests, determined not to be influenced (controlled) by others.