• peto (he/him)@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I think it’s a cultural conditioning thing, they are brought up to think that forgiveness is an act of mercy, a decision to not seek to punish someone who has wronged them. That it is something that someone would/should ask for, rather than it being an act of letting go of negative emotions.

    Being told they should forgive someone means to them that they are in a position of power and have been wronged.