Reply #5: "Tough love is an authoritarian mind-fuck "

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!!!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

:yourock:

You've given the best response by MILES!!!

Can I quote you?!

Yes, Yes, YES!

Mindfuck, indeed!

And so misused.... it was originally meant to be used for those who are so deeply embedded in denial that they couldn't be reached. How is that love?! But, it's so much easier to do the confronting that is supposed to be "tough love", that it came to be used for all of us.

LOVE?? I think not!

No wonder we're so confused about "love".

"It's because I love you", he says as he beats her.

"I love you so much that I can't do without you. If I can't have you, nobody else can," he says as he stabs her to death.

"tough love"

Yup, no wonder love confuses and frightens us!