Am i the only one who really hates the "As long as they aren't harming anyone, why do you care how people identify"? argument?

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[–]alladd 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's completely ignorant of how narcissism works. It requires external participation and therefore is never kept a secret to oneself.

Furthermore, they harm both themselves and others by perpetuating this narcissistic mentality as acceptable. It normalizes the idea that selfishness is unchallengeable and reality and other people's feelings are cruel obstacles to your personal satisfaction, which is always just one step out of reach because of other's unwillingness to submit to your whims. It's inherently inhuman, in that we're social animals who have certain shared responsibilities to each other we must respect, but this mindset says that's all just bullshit meant to keep you from having better sex.

Every time you "just let them be", you're letting misanthropic, myopic, destructive selfishness win.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's entirely human, because narcissistic, selfish control freaks are what humans and all forms of life naturally are.

[–]alladd 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Misanthropic then. Yeah it's human behavior but it's antisocial, against common good. Empathy is good for survival.