> When you complain, people judge you. It doesn't matter what you're complaining about. It doesn't matter what you're protesting or whistle-blowing. It doesn't matter if your life is at stake. It doesn't matter if thousands of lives are at stake. It doesn't matter if the fate of humanity is at stake.
Have to vehemently disagree there. It doesn't matter if you believe that thousands of lives are at stake. I will stipulate, readily, that being able to assert things about one's own life are within the easy realm. But thousands? Fate of humanity? Yeah, no, I am judging - because those seem like hyperbole/manipulative claims (even if made with the best intentions), and is the same conversation device as the use of 'they say' (who's the "they"? what, exactly, was said, and under what circumstances?)
Fair point. When there is proof (as there is with your example), it is a different story. But unsubstantiated claims? Still judging, by way of wanting proof.
Have to vehemently disagree there. It doesn't matter if you believe that thousands of lives are at stake. I will stipulate, readily, that being able to assert things about one's own life are within the easy realm. But thousands? Fate of humanity? Yeah, no, I am judging - because those seem like hyperbole/manipulative claims (even if made with the best intentions), and is the same conversation device as the use of 'they say' (who's the "they"? what, exactly, was said, and under what circumstances?)