• DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    You’re half right, but it’s the concept of “normal” that even makes “abnormal” a thing. If you stop believing in “normal” we’re all just people and no one is abnormal cause we’re all just ourselves.

    It’s actually freeing in my opinion. “Normal” is mostly used as a cudgel to exclude those deemed “abnormal”.

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      5 days ago

      Nah, the cudgel is when you get actively, materially excluded from things and opportunities because people don’t get you. I get the intention, but reframing it that way makes me feel erased, not better.