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  • viral.vegabond@piefed.socialtome_irl@lemmy.worldMe_irl
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    5 hours ago

    Thanks for this reply. I really did not intend for my previous comment to be very contentious. I am not very experienced with therapy.

    In my head, I think I’m trying to compartmentalize it a bit. Hypothetically, it shouldn’t really matter if the therapist likes you or not. The fact that they are getting paid should allow them to be ethical and objective in their job duties.

    In real life, it probably does make a big difference whether they like you or not (to the patient, as well as the therapist themselves). Even if a bias isn’t supposed to exist, it probably happens more often than not; humans aren’t perfect.


  • I think those seem like two separate and unrelated issues. Separate each of them into their own argument and they would probably make a little more sense, and fit the format better.

    Example 1 (vaccine argument): red pill (lie) = people who are telling you they know everything about vaccines and they should be the ones who decide who gets what blue pill (truth) = big pharma is the real perpetrator, influencing policy makers and controlling who gets the vaccines (etc.)

    Example 2 (gun control argument): red pill (lie) = people who know nothing about guns are trying to decide who can have them blue pill (truth) = the weapon industry is actually the ones dictating gun policy

    Adjust the wording to fit whatever it is you are trying to say, and separate the issues into truth versus lie instead of red (republican) versus blue (democrat).