“One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason.” - Thomas Sowell

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[–]yayblueberries 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But when people say "you hurt my feelings" they really just mean...

They mean, "Whatever you just did/said that I CLAIM hurt my feelings is something you should never do or say again, even if you have all right to do or say it even though it is not actually abusive or hurtful at all." It's an attempt at power and control almost every time now. It's not just immature people, it's people with a somewhat hidden agenda that they feel superior to you and need to continue to feel superior to you and control you. Immaturity is not that dangerous; the need to have power over another definitely is. They realize their feelings are great tools and use them as one to destroy other people.

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You just described an immature person, and a dangerous one at that. Good for you.