Lots of ppl hate sex workers, which sometimes tempts me to underplay the negative aspects of my job - stuff they'd use to reinforce their position.
But me being dishonest about my reality also reinforces them. I have much more hope in persistent, nuanced honesty.
But me being dishonest about my reality also reinforces them. I have much more hope in persistent, nuanced honesty.
I want to have the strength to look into the face of someone who hates what I represent and go "you're not wrong about xyz". It's really hard to do! But it's a demonstration that you're treating their mind with respect, that you're not trying to weasel anything into their head.
And the best way to change someone's mind or allow your mind to be changed by them is to demonstrate that you're not enemies and you won't hurt them, that you will refuse to use dishonesty or manipulation to advance your own position, that you want the truth to destroy one of you
And similarly, I want to be unafraid to being up negative aspects of other perspectives I don't belong to, without this meaning I'm at war. A lot of painful truths are used as attack points; I want to name those truths without using them as attack points.
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