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WCDT Strips 3296 to 3300 (29 August - 02 September 2016)
Akima:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Aug 2016, 23:11 ---However, we've also known for a while that she really, really wants to help people be happy (and is often obnoxiously assertive and/or manipulative about doing so). Yet there is no malice about her; she's motivated entirely by the view that she needs to push people in the right direction because they can't see it themselves for various reasons.
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Hmm... Perhaps Jeph should have named her Emma, but that shout-out might have been too austentatious. :claireface:
sitnspin:
--- Quote --- Yet there is no malice about her; she's motivated entirely by the view that she needs to push people in the right direction because they can't see it themselves for various reasons. It's a conceit, yes, but it's a nice conceit
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The problem is, this is exactly how religious bigots think. They think they know better than you and try to force youto follow their idea of how you should live your life, for your own food. Actually the same could be said for far left liberals, too, the kind who want to outlaw smoking and junk food. There are always people who want to make you do what they feel is best for you, no matter what you want for yourself. A lack of malice does not make the behaviour any less shitty
explicit:
If people with good intentions are not willing to listen to constructive criticism from the people they're "helping", then are their intentions really good? Claire at least seems to be understanding that trying to get people to do certain things "cause they'll be happier that way" isn't as good of an action as she thought. Which is showing that her character is still growing (which is nice because most of the other characters are at a standstill on that point atm).
brasca:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 31 Aug 2016, 03:15 ---
--- Quote --- Yet there is no malice about her; she's motivated entirely by the view that she needs to push people in the right direction because they can't see it themselves for various reasons. It's a conceit, yes, but it's a nice conceit
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The problem is, this is exactly how religious bigots think. They think they know better than you and try to force youto follow their idea of how you should live your life, for your own food. Actually the same could be said for far left liberals, too, the kind who want to outlaw smoking and junk food. There are always people who want to make you do what they feel is best for you, no matter what you want for yourself. A lack of malice does not make the behaviour any less shitty
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I don't think I'd call it shitty, but aggravating. Even if their heart is in the right place it's extremely bothersome for someone who thinks they know you better to meddle in your affairs. I completely understand Clinton's original outburst after Claire's botched matchmaking attempt because on a personal level when you reconcile yourself to solitude and a glimmer of hope emerges you get really angry when it all falls through.
Zastie:
"A Rich Inner World" I really like this strip's title..
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