“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”

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    6 months ago

    A compassionate person will do things that actively avoid trauma triggers. (I.e. if you know a dog will gringe away from a raised hand due to being abused you tend not to raise your hand to continue to see the reaction.)

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      6 months ago

      Good answer.

      You also reminded me of something. A guy I knew had the happiest, friendliest, most well behaved dog you’ve ever seen (ironically named Grizzly). One day, he was carrying a magazine rolled up in his hand. Grizzly freaked out, which he had never done before.

      Grizzly was a rescue dog. Apparently, his previous owner had beaten him. My friend was so, so pissed at Grizzly’s previous owner.

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      6 months ago

      I’m asking this genuinely, because I don’t understand. Does the removal of the single letter of a word actually lessen the “triggering” the word can do? In my mind you’re reading it the same regardless, so I don’t get how it makes it actually better without more fully obfuscating what the word is.

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      6 months ago

      But you still know it’s that word and read it as that word, all you did was replace the A with an asterisk. It’s odd that it is supposed to help prevent a trigger when the word is still there and very obvious what it is still. It’s not completely blacking the word out so you can’t see it anymore.