<![CDATA[Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you.]]>Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. If I’m kicking a puppy in the street, it’s because I’m an asshole. You don’t need to know my motivations. You just need to know I’m an asshole. And stop me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9419cf8c-2270-4102-9703-c1244492601b/stop-trying-to-make-simple-things-sound-complex-either-because-you-like-hearing-the-sound-of-your-own-voice-or-because-of-whatever-insecurities-drive-you.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 09:35:24 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 07:58:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:13:24 GMT]]>@aral Everything is both simple and complex. The difference is all in the observer. Two people can observe the same thing, and see different "simple" explanations, or complex ones, or even both. Framing is everything, and is a product of what you care about.

The question here is whether your analogy is relevant. Kicking puppies is either pure sadism, or anger expressed without empathy. That is only a small aspect of what is happening in Palestine.

How should "we" respond to this "kicking of puppies"? Put the puppy in a shelter? Or in a new home? Put the perp in jail? Give them a fine and community service? Who are "we"? The "international community"? The U.N.?

The wider the frame, the more inappropriate the analogy becomes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/8r3n7/statuses/116460093752750664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/8r3n7/statuses/116460093752750664Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:26:06 GMT]]>@aral no, not at all https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/jamesb192/statuses/116459907742443087https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/jamesb192/statuses/116459907742443087Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:26:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:06:10 GMT]]>@aral
Reminds me of Hillary Clinton discrediting young protestors against the Palestinian genocide because they allegedly couldn’t identify the bodies of water referred to in “from the river to the sea”, as if that in any way invalidated their moral argument.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freediverx/statuses/116459593425131306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freediverx/statuses/116459593425131306Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:06:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:21:05 GMT]]>@aral @alexisbushnell This is painfully clear : the urgency isn't about knowing the reasons, but to end the genocide.

I might steal this analogy in the future, thanks! 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/jasperspicace/statuses/116459416189370749https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/jasperspicace/statuses/116459416189370749Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:21:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:17:24 GMT]]>@aral A conscience that awakens for an animal but sleeps on the genocide of a people... is not a conscience, but rather a pathetic selectivity🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🕊️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116183607298703759/statuses/116458929826990371https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116183607298703759/statuses/116458929826990371Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:38:31 GMT]]>@aral

There was never a decades-long propaganda campaign to demonise all puppies.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116458776914983385https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116458776914983385Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:38:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:25:42 GMT]]>Yes, this is about Israel.

I used the example of the puppy getting kicked as I’m painfully aware that, at least for some people, the thought of a puppy in distress is unbearable whereas tens of thousands of murdered Brown kids is just another Wednesday. (You’d have a hard time getting a politician who regularly kicks puppies to death elected but folks who consider themselves otherwise decent have not, so far at least, had an issue with voting for people who fund and arm Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458726526380046https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458726526380046Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:25:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:21:16 GMT]]>@samir Israel.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458709115479588https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458709115479588Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:21:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:07:05 GMT]]>@aral I must know what this is subtooting.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116458653297460357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116458653297460357Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:07:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:06:49 GMT]]>@alexisbushnell Good. You’ve saved the puppy’s life.

Now make sure I can’t do that to another puppy ever again. And then you have all the time in the world to figure out what went wrong with me and prevent it from happening again.

(Yes, this is about Israel.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458652267557917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458652267557917Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:06:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:04:59 GMT]]>@aral I would 100% stop you but dismissing all of the many complicated psychological and social issues around it is ridiculous.
I stop you now. Great, you fuck off and find another unless the root cause is dealt with.

It just isn't that simple.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/alexisbushnell/statuses/116458645077592947https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/alexisbushnell/statuses/116458645077592947Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:04:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:03:31 GMT]]>@alexisbushnell I’m still kicking the puppy. Are you going to stop me?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458639286008249https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116458639286008249Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:03:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Stop trying to make simple things sound complex – either because you like hearing the sound of your own voice or because of whatever insecurities drive you. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:07 GMT]]>@aral I vehemently disagree on this. Choosing the "just an asshole" argument is a protection mechanism humans have to make things feel easier than they are and create a false feeling of safety. We get to go "they are a different kind of human" allowing us to feel both superior and safe.
All humans are capable of heinous things. Understanding why allows us to change & prevent that behaviour.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/alexisbushnell/statuses/116458633773136663https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/alexisbushnell/statuses/116458633773136663Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:07 GMT