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Old Sep 15, 2012, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
CE - I don't think that is all that hateful. It was not personal to the therapist and it was true (not happy but true)(it is still true today where all around the world psychologists and psychiatrists help govts torture others, where hospitals perform questionable tests etc). Were you trying to hurt her or just malign her profession or hurt her by maligning her profession?

Of course, I have to be fairly thick skinned about what others say about my profession so perhaps I am just not all that sensitive to people saying such things about one's job.
On the one hand, you are right. Technically, it was not a personal attack.

On the other hand, I certainly meant it to hurt! The hate was unmistakable.

PS:

You raise a very interesting point. When I really wanted to hurt her I attacked her profession, not her. I have made personal remarks ("you have a big nose") but never in anger.
What does that say about me?

Was I simply saying, "You're not doing your job"? Or was I making an attack on her sense of identity, to make her ashamed of what she was?
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