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    1 month ago

    Why is some who’s “demanding respect they don’t deserve” an asshole as opposed to just someone who’s suffering from mental problems that make them act that way?

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        So the mentally ill have no agency? A person with autism is no better than an animal, unable to rise above their condition in any way?

        It seems to me that proclivity is an explanation, not an excuse. The same way that upbringing or bad influences are an explanation, not an excuse.