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In reply to the discussion: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." [View all]Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)22. Rec-ing this because:
They are "broken men"... and I feel more pity for them than I do frustration because of them, because they are broken, have no idea they are broken, and hence, can not be fixed.
yes.
pity.
I have to be careful with that one because sometimes for me contempt follows closely beside pity.
Also, I am aware of how sociopaths use pity in order to play the victim ultimately, to their own end.
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"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." [View all]
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
OP
"Regardless of what happened, Dylan is the abuser now." Who could say something like that?
redqueen
Feb 2014
#6
saying such a thing, defending such a thing, blame a couple people regardless the #
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#11
No, redqueen. It is Not that they Don't care, it is that they see Nothing Wrong with it.
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#14
years ago i was making choices that people could easily look at me with pity.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#24