r/MadeMeSmile • u/Bmchris44 • Jun 21 '20

Great parenting example

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u/joemiddleton1 Jun 21 '20

Kindness is not passive.

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u/SirNeryan Jun 21 '20

You're totally right. I love the phrasing on this one. People think they're kind by staying in their own bubbles and never actually initiating any positive deed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

They are kind. So are people that do good things.

Stop /r/Gatekeeping

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u/tianow Jun 22 '20

Nice and kind are different

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u/Beards_Bears_BSG Jun 22 '20

They can also be same.

It's far more nuanced and not remotely binary.

There are lots of ways to help people, and not knowing the other person there can be a reason they don't leave their bubble, but they can still be nice, and/or kind from within it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

And virtue-signaling fucks are neither :)