Regrettably, this is a rare exception. Disagreements in relationships are seldom resolved based on the merit of the arguments presented. Instead, they are often decided in favour of the party who hold more power, whether through physical strength, social standing, material wealth, or other means...
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1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 21 May
Actual link to the article. The link from OP goes straight to the comments.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja OP 21 May
Thank you for the correction.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @didiplaywell 21 May
I'm not following. I associate the word "relationships" with family, friends, partner. Is in that context that you leverage power, physical strength, social standing and wealth?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja OP 21 May
Relationship can be anything involving two entities. In this case, parent-child, or teacher-srudent etc. But it can also involve animals, and maybe non-sentient beings too...
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 21 May
Then, in general terms: arguments quickly abandon any logic whenever one of the entities perceive that can't be held accountable for keeping whatever stand. Only, and strictly only upon being held accountable for an illogic stand, the entity promptly gets back to reason.
This can be considered the 4th law of thermodynamics.
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