Sarah Haider
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So that led to a rift between me and other people I knew around me and then the culture at large.
Anytime we found ourselves getting too close to a prescriptive discussion, and that was often something that I fell into. I can't help it. I'm an activist. So I always seek, okay, here's this problem that we're having. What's the solution? Here's the solution. So people should do X. And I would voice it. I would voice how I felt about it. And that would lead to trouble.
Anytime we found ourselves getting too close to a prescriptive discussion, and that was often something that I fell into. I can't help it. I'm an activist. So I always seek, okay, here's this problem that we're having. What's the solution? Here's the solution. So people should do X. And I would voice it. I would voice how I felt about it. And that would lead to trouble.
Anytime we found ourselves getting too close to a prescriptive discussion, and that was often something that I fell into. I can't help it. I'm an activist. So I always seek, okay, here's this problem that we're having. What's the solution? Here's the solution. So people should do X. And I would voice it. I would voice how I felt about it. And that would lead to trouble.
I think there was a discussion on divorce that I regretted for such reasons, for these reasons that we've been discussing. I think the lead off to our discussion in that episode might have been this piece that was published by British Phetasy about her experience growing up in a divorced home. I think it was she and her brother that were growing up as children in a divorced family.
I think there was a discussion on divorce that I regretted for such reasons, for these reasons that we've been discussing. I think the lead off to our discussion in that episode might have been this piece that was published by British Phetasy about her experience growing up in a divorced home. I think it was she and her brother that were growing up as children in a divorced family.
I think there was a discussion on divorce that I regretted for such reasons, for these reasons that we've been discussing. I think the lead off to our discussion in that episode might have been this piece that was published by British Phetasy about her experience growing up in a divorced home. I think it was she and her brother that were growing up as children in a divorced family.
And she talked about how they had no attention from either of their parents who were very involved in their new lives that they were trying to build. I think she described herself as kind of a feral child, but just that they were just off on their own. without a lot of parental supervision, and that led her into a lot of trouble.
And she talked about how they had no attention from either of their parents who were very involved in their new lives that they were trying to build. I think she described herself as kind of a feral child, but just that they were just off on their own. without a lot of parental supervision, and that led her into a lot of trouble.
And she talked about how they had no attention from either of their parents who were very involved in their new lives that they were trying to build. I think she described herself as kind of a feral child, but just that they were just off on their own. without a lot of parental supervision, and that led her into a lot of trouble.
You know, drugs, not paying attention much to school, that kind of thing. And then there were, you know, some other people agreeing with her, talking about their stories in a similar environment. And so that led to a broader discussion of divorce and our conception of marriage. And that whole saying, stay together for the kids, that has been, for very good reasons...
You know, drugs, not paying attention much to school, that kind of thing. And then there were, you know, some other people agreeing with her, talking about their stories in a similar environment. And so that led to a broader discussion of divorce and our conception of marriage. And that whole saying, stay together for the kids, that has been, for very good reasons...
You know, drugs, not paying attention much to school, that kind of thing. And then there were, you know, some other people agreeing with her, talking about their stories in a similar environment. And so that led to a broader discussion of divorce and our conception of marriage. And that whole saying, stay together for the kids, that has been, for very good reasons...
not something that we recommend so much anymore and we push back on. But our kind of spice it'll take was maybe there is like a logic to it that is pretty important because these are young people.
not something that we recommend so much anymore and we push back on. But our kind of spice it'll take was maybe there is like a logic to it that is pretty important because these are young people.
not something that we recommend so much anymore and we push back on. But our kind of spice it'll take was maybe there is like a logic to it that is pretty important because these are young people.
And people were very upset. Yeah. Yeah, that is what I was saying. That is what I was saying. And I recognized as I was saying it that there are going to be a lot of people very mad at me. And I get it. I get why they're mad. Because here's a stranger who knows nothing about their particular circumstances.
And people were very upset. Yeah. Yeah, that is what I was saying. That is what I was saying. And I recognized as I was saying it that there are going to be a lot of people very mad at me. And I get it. I get why they're mad. Because here's a stranger who knows nothing about their particular circumstances.
And people were very upset. Yeah. Yeah, that is what I was saying. That is what I was saying. And I recognized as I was saying it that there are going to be a lot of people very mad at me. And I get it. I get why they're mad. Because here's a stranger who knows nothing about their particular circumstances.
I can't possibly know the details, the nuances of their challenges and why they made the particular decision that they made. And yet I am giving this... kind of a broad prescriptive opinion.