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Being kind.



Can one be kind and not woke? If so there must be more to it.

Lets not ruin another thread with this nonsense.


> Can one be kind and not woke?

I think if you surround yourself with children it becomes difficult to hear the adults. It's too easy to drop a hot take and then dip out of the conversation, retreating back to safety, and never develop the tools needed for critical thinking or self-reflection.

You'll never have a chance to understand how the everyday people who aren't edgy internet pals see you, or why, or what that means for your life.


Cool. As a critical thought experiment, is it possible to be kind and not woke?


I mean your statement boils down to "is it possible for evil to do good" and I think the general consensus after a few thousand years of thought is "not really".


Is it possible to be woke and not kind?


Initially I approached this concept as "can good do evil?" but after some reflection I think we have a series of choices and what we do in the moment is the only thing that matters. Good is only good if it does good.

If you want to tie religion into the issue, ask yourself "Is it possible to do evil in the name of good?"


Good try being consistent in trying to get them to engage when they continuously avoided instead..


Yeah it's challenging to find self-reflective people these days.




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