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That hasn't been your claim until just now, though. You've been claiming that people experiencing the consequences of their actions is wishing harm on them, and that the positive expectation resulting from those consequences is somehow a moral failing on the part of the expectors. This latest thing is just what you've pivoted to to try and recoup some face, but you're going to be much healthier as a person if you accept both that your initial position was wildly unpopular and try to work out why that was the case. It's just us two here, nobody else is ever going to read this, does it really matter that much to convince me of your position?
FWIW I agree with this newest one, that wishing the consequences of other people's actions befall the blameless isn't healthy. But accepting those actions will befall them nontheless is realistic, and hoping positive change might arise from the suffering is the only positive outlook you can have here.
Well obviously I know that acceptance is healthy, and I'm doing a lot of work lately to focus on that. I still just overall think wishing harm on people is unproductive and unhealthy, even if the other person deserves it. That's the core of my point. This new point I did pivot to is an example as to why that sort of behavior is unhealthy.