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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  2728 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shake it up. Offer up one somewhat unpopular opinion that you hold.

Social justice issues are being stalled and otherwise not making progress due to the methods and attitudes of protesters and people who are too far into these movements. (i.e. complete lack of pragmatism)

Identity politics is pointless in it's current state.

Self-help, meditation, parenting, etc. style of books are more dangerous than useful.





ArtemusBlank  ·  2728 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have always thought self-help books were a bit of a scam. I mean if all of those books really worked in the first place, why write more? It seems year after year, the same things are being said in these books but in different ways. Overall, it's just a way to make money really.

Just_Like_You  ·  2666 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Self-help books works flawlessly if one actually follows the programs within them.

Of course, if one were disciplined enough to follow such a program one wouldn't need a self-help book.

dublinben  ·  2728 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    methods and attitudes of protesters

As someone who is broadly aligned with these positions, I am often put off by the very people actively promoting them.