• peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    9 hours ago

    I believe it’s a thought process along the following: “I hate seeing homeless people living on the streets in my neighborhood. They are smelly and cause crime and take our taxes while doing nothing or causing harm. I worked hard to save a lot of money to own a house in this neighborhood and they are ruining it while living here for free. If I help them, they’ll continue to stay in this area. I don’t want to make them feel welcome in my neighborhood at all so I will not donate my blankets to them.”

    We have a high homeless population in my city and homeowners here all have that mindset, even though we are a very liberal city.

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      9 hours ago

      I feel like in this case it was… “I wove these blankets for wealthy people impacted by the fires so they can owe me praise & fame. I don’t give a shit about other people other than myself.”

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      9 hours ago

      Yes, I understood your point of view, and I disagree. It is not a “rational” chain of thought like that. It begins with the emotion. The emotion is not a reaction to the chain of thought, the chain of thought is a rationalization for the emotion.

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        I didn’t respond to you so not sure why you are acting like I did. For the sake of discussion though, both can be true. It may start as disgust and then they can form a logical rationale for why this disgust is warranted in their opinion.

        Not sure what your actual argument is though. Are you saying that their disgust/discomfort with homeless people in their neighborhoods should be dismissed because it doesn’t start off as logical?