• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    We’re saying the same thing.

    An asshole is an asshole, it doesn’t matter what lead them down that path.

    Understanding why people are assholes is worth it because we learn how to deal with them, and maybe even prevent less people from becoming assholes later.

    Every society has X% of assholes, there’s never zero assholes, but it’s worth getting that number as low as possible.

    I think everyone agrees there’s more than there used to be, and would enjoy less assholes.

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      28 days ago

      I see what you’re saying. My mistake, I misinterpreted your comment. You’re honestly a better person than me that would see someone have this kind of stance and say “Let’s see where they’re coming from”. To me, it’s just another asshole that society should not even have to tolerate.

    • Understanding why people are assholes is worth it because we learn how to deal with them,

      I guess the question here would be - if the stroke made him more of an asshole, then - as you seem to be implying - what’s the cure? Or if you acknowledge that there’s not really a cure, how does knowing that a stroke caused this help inform our ability to deal with this?

      and maybe even prevent less people from becoming assholes later.

      How would that work in this case? Preventing strokes definitely seems like a good idea, but that’d be something already being pursued to the fullest even without the additional personality change angle.

      Or are you suggesting that there’s a way to help a stroke victim prevent their personality change, lessen it, reverse it?