black and white morality is OUT
accepting that nobody will ever be perfect, educating the people who are willing to listen, and encouraging them to grow and learn from their mistakes, is IN
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WHY ARE PEOPLE LINKING FIDGET SPINNERS IN THE NOTES
anyway what i was going to say before that is that i don’t trust people who make these kinds of posts, like at all, because even if it sounds pretty reasonable, ops of posts like “stop black and white morality/callout culture/witch hunts/being mean/whatever” has almost always done something
anyone who wants to look for dirt on me is welcome to try. i have nothing to hide.
The fidget spinner commenters are probably bots which comment on popular posts or posts with the word “trend” in so they can sell spinners.
But anyway: people being pro-black-and-white morality are the ones I don’t trust because they believe that they’re somehow more morally superior than everyone else.
Morality isn’t a one-sided thing, it’s an individual set of beliefs that are the result of our cultures, religions, education, and experiences. That’s why there’s so much discussion about the ethics involved in so many things: people on each side of the argument believe that they’re the ones who’re most ethical.
Think of it like this: most of us believe hurting people/animals is wrong overall. However, if needed, many of us would use violence to protect ourselves. Many others might never raise a hand to defend themselves, even if their lives were in danger.
Neither groups are more ethically correct than the other, but each
chooses to act the way they do because of their individual beliefs.Black and white morality says that either violence is always okay when necessary, or that violence is always wrong, and therefore it’s a refusal to acknowledge the individual’s beliefs in the matter. Morality doesn’t have a single correct side, it has correct sides on a case by case basis, so understanding that things like this aren’t always going to be black and white is the best way of talking about morality/ethics. (if you want a more thorough example, the Heinz Dilemma is a good breakdown of some different stages of moral reasoning; i also used ethics and morals interchangeably though in some contexts they’re different things)
We all have the ability to progress in our understanding of right from wrong, so maybe if you honestly believe someone’s doing something wrong, try educating them on what they’re done wrong so that they actually stop doing those ‘somethings’… you know, kinda like what the OP was trying to say in the first place?
U gotta understand that SPECIFICALLY the phrase “black and white morality” or “black and white thinking” is hugely loaded with ableism in this context, and that’s no accident esp taking into account what @normanbates said – what better way to reprimand victims/supporters of victims than essentially call them crazy??
There are ways to encourage learning and compassion to those still learning without pushing this nasty ableist shit. Use a different word. If you aren’t specifically attacking ppl who view things in “black and white” (I.e. ppl w/ PDs), then you can use another word.
First of all I wanna apologize to my followers, because I know y’all didn’t sign up for a bunch of fuckening discourse. But I’m getting real sick and tired of this.
I’ve had a lot of people accuse me of being ableist for this post, specifically against autistics and people with BPD. I’m autistic and have BPD. This is something I struggle with myself. But I also recognize that it’s a problem, and that I am capable of doing something about it. I’m working on it in therapy. I’m not saying it’s fucking easy, because it’s not, but it also isn’t something where I can just say “this is the way I am and we all gotta deal with it”. If you have a personality disorder or neurotype that predisposes you to this way of thinking, it just means you have to work harder at it than others.
Also, what the fuck do you mean by saying “black and white” is ableist phrasing? It’s not used specifically to attack neurodivergent people. It’s literally what this kind of thinking is called, no matter who’s doing it. If I wanted to attack people who split, I would have specifically said splitting. But that wasn’t what I set out to do. I made the original post because there’s a disturbing trend on social media sites, especially left-leaning ones like Tumblr, of attacking people who say anything that’s even the slightest bit problematic (or something that can be misconstrued as such), without taking any sort of context or personal circumstances into consideration. Kind of like you just did with me. It’s a culture of no mercy, no forgiveness, guilty-until-proven-innocent that kills a lot of productive discussions before they can even start and often just punishes people for literally not knowing better.
I didn’t even want this post to become popular. I was venting my frustrations and for some reason people kept reblogging it.
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