Are martyrs actually selfish auto-addicts?

[Diana]

In fact, at it's heart, this thread (and many others) are against the rules and guidelines that go against promoting negative philosophies. The idea that martyrs are bad and selfish people who do more harm to others than good is a negative philosophy.

I think there may be a blurred line between "promoting" and discussing. I think people are just trying to work out complex ideas and speculations. In addition, not everyone has perfect descriptors and language for their feelings and ideas. Some here do not speak or write English as a native language, which might be taken into consideration.

The above statement comes off as a bit of a threat. In part, "promoting negative philosophies" is subjective. I don't see that it's efficacious to reel people into the box this way. The box exists, yes. But in my opinion, that is the job of the moderators to oversee such things. You, being one of the moderators, would have the added responsibility of recognizing that challenge between posting and moderating and the complications that arise from it. And this is not me trying to reel YOU into a box—ultimately it's all good and I promote self-expression, because that is a way we get to know ourselves.

I agree with something you said in another thread—something to this effect: If I read something here that might cause confusion or imbalanced rhetoric on a subject, I like to step in and add some balance. I did this a lot, and stayed with, the eating meat threads for that very reason. And this is the reason for this post.