Those are the same things. You are what you do.
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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
No, but I would say something like “I am very dissapointed in you for doing X”. A kid can’t change who they “are”, but they can change what they “do”.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Correlation is not causation
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
we’re talking about people dude. we are not talking about scientific principles.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yes we are talking about people. People can be held accountable for their actions and people can change their ways if they make mistakes. You’re saying that people cannot change. If they bought a tesla, they’re nazis, so fuck them.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can choose and change what you do.
You can’t choose or change what you are.
If you get confused about do / be just refer back to those rules and you’ll know which one applies.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is a key distinction. To make sure they understand it properly, I usually push it even further to “You did a disappointing thing.”