bit late in responding to this, but:
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I think anyone with a heart would find this cruel.I worry for those who dont.
The false universal conceals itself in the habit and or privilege of speaking as if the shape that one's values and preferences assume in concrete social, political or interpersonal contexts is not grounded in cultural, historical or even ideological perspectives but, instead, is reflective of a transcendant "natural" order whose validity is obvious to everyone, save the stupid, the primitive, or the morally depraved. In a word, the false universal is a manifestation of history internalized, normalized, and then forgotten as history- at least for those on the inside looking out.
-Sherman A. Jackson,
"Islam(s) East and West: Pluralism between No-Frills and Designer Fundamentalism"
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They're all human beings, and though she may be a liar and a manipulator, it's probably because she doesn't know any other way to survive.
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