I feel like this is just a sign of good growth. I'd be AMAZED if any single person looks at work they did 20 years prior, and said "yep. That's my best work." Maybe arts, where there's no objectivity, but anything you can actually quantify?
Imminent threat of bodily harm and no route for escape. Calling the cops will get you an armed response. The only time an armed response is at all appropriate is if life could be lost otherwise. Any other time, it's best not to bring a gun into the situation.
Counterpoint. Yes, it's anecdotal, but the biggest success my mother has had in kicking her cigarette habit has been identifying herself as a non-smoker. She did that before cutting back at all, and now she's from 35/day to 6. Every other attempt, she's identified as a smoker trying to quit, and it's failed.
Same theory - let them identify as what they want to be. Once they identify as such, the behavior will follow easier than if they're saying "I'm trying to be an ally".
And your denying them any openness and acceptance as someone actively trying to become better, even in the smallest of steps, is denying said people reason to grow. Shit doesn't happen overnight.
Part of it may be identifying as an ally as a first step. If you internaliz "I am an ally" your future actions will probably more align with that identity. People like to be true to themselves, let them identify as good things without gatekeeping it.
Clearly any video that asks a question or implies a strange phenomenon or situation is click bait. See also:chubbyemu videos here
For the record, I do not think these are click bait, if they're accurate. Or, at least, they're click bait that actually gives you a worm instead of some shitty rubber faux worm.
I think a kneejerk reaction to reading something wholly wrong is to assume it doesn't add to the conversation. I think we're all conditioned to see someone we don't agree with as clearly a troll taking the piss, rather than an opportunity to discuss.
Oh for sure. I don't disagree in the slightest.