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Mark McDonald, M.D.'s avatar

You might call disavowal of the shadow side "toxic positivity." Think new age, yoga, and all forms of cults. It is impossible to fully appreciate the positive without acknowledging the negative. Only naive fools fail to see this.

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FortheLoveofFreedom's avatar

Great writing again Todd. It's almost as if people are afraid to look at the issue. Avoiding it by saying "life is beautiful even with the scars" is far easier than dissecting what the hell is going on. Since the whole covid debacle hit and I meet someone and they are not a shrew, I actually can't believe how out of the loop they are. Maybe that is a judgment but it baffles me how you can still think we live in a democratic country, for example. Just ask those who had their bank accounts seized/held for donating a few bucks to the truckers. It isn't that we want to point out the darkness but how can they not see it for themselves?

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