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17/02/2026
Kindness is sometimes praised precisely when it keeps something necessary from being said. What gets called maturity, patience, or compassion can also be an unwillingness to risk tension.
The short-term feeling is softer. The long-term consequence can be distortion. I do not distrust kindness, but I do want to know what it is protecting and what it may be postponing.
Where have you seen kindness function as avoidance?
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