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Originally Posted by Deffeh
'othering' is a natural process - i agree with begood and not phang here. Every individual and every group defines who they are by who they are not.
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I'm fairly sure this is tautological; give me an example of it that can't be restated as a double negative.
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I could ramble on for a while, but it boils down to the fact that its easier to define what you arent, what you dislike, who you dislike, than who you are and what you believe in.
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Yeah, but that's because once you find a flaw in something it tends to stay flawed, and when you havent found a flaw in something all that means you havent found a flaw yet. Saying that something you think is bad is bad is often a safer bet than saying something you think is good is good.