#black-and-white thinking
You know, as a millennial who rebelled against their parents’ strict black-and-white fundamentalist worldview by finding and fully embracing the grayness of everyday morality, it’s really jarring to watch Gen Z rebel against their parents’ strict black-and-white worldviews by adopting an equally rigid black-and-white worldview that just clings to the polar opposite opinions of their parents’. It’s like watching someone who’s complained about being forced to wear dresses their whole life decide to rebel by wearing only blue dresses instead of pink ones. You’re not getting rid of what your parents forced you into; you’re just changing the look of it.
All in the mind series - Black and white thinkingbyAriee
Please kick the “Good People Can’t Do Bad Things and Bad People Can’t Do Good Things” mentality to the curb, and also start applying some nuance to the “Good Person-Bad Person” dichotomy, thank you.
