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I run into this constantly with people who perceive questions as attacks; they are skeptical that my questioning is motivated by curiosity, rather than conniving, which I find deeply tragic. when did they learn to silence their inner child, killing their sense of wonder?
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RT @IntractableLion
Does "why? " feel like an attack if you haven't examined your world in a while?
twitter.com/IntractableLion/st

do I repeat myself? very well then, I repeat myself.

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RT @pee_zombie
people really do be out here treating questions as attacks due to a cached trauma reaction to growing up embedded in an adversarial culture in which questioning was typically a prelude to a boundary violation
twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/

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