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@lonelyowl13

I always was a bit confused about this “feelings vs reality” narrative. The thoughts and state of other people’s minds are also a facts of reality, they’re is connected to it, they’re is affecting it and they could be predicted, hence it’s better not to ignore them as well as any other facts of reality. Especially if you are trying to figure out why people are rejecting your ideas and how to overcome this issue.

No one is saying their feelings arent true, only that feelings dont trump facts. If someone says “The sky is blue” and someone gets upset at you because its against their culture where they were taught the sky is yellow. Like sure it may be a fact that you are upset, but doesnt change the color of the sky either.

Honestly, i have no strong opinion in this regard, never talked to a person thinking that the term “queer” is offensive 😀
I am also fully okay with it, but okay, i got it.

You and me both are ok with it. But it started as a derogatory term and many people still feel that is the case. If you lookup advocacy groups (such as the definition i provided you from one earlier) they state this explicitly.

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