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Nuclear Unicorn

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3. People objectifying other people is also as old as humanity
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 10:23 AM
Jun 2012

We can pass laws against it but that doesn't cure the underlying malady of the soul. We definitely shouldn't tolerate it but if we fight about it but that only causes acrimony. We can only keep ourselves. I try to do whatever I can to break out of the ages old habit of objectifying others (I'm not perfect, I'm very fallen myself) and along the way I hope to encourage people to do the same and for those being objectified I want to let them know they are important to this world and there is a place for them as peoplpe, not as simple stimulants for hormonal excitement.

I used to be the objectifier and I let myself be an object. I thought it made me free and open. It didn't, it just made me used and it made me a user. Looking back, I'm not very proud of myself. I'm not going to browbeat people but I will say I know we can do better because I'm trying.

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