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[rowyn]

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not." --Andre Gide

Is it, do you think?

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Being hated allows me to continue being what I am

[telnar.livejournal.com]

I would also prefer to be hated for what I am. I like to be myself almost all of the time, and being loved for something I am not would encourage me to maintain the illusion which was causing that love. Perhaps at first the illusion could be passively maintained, but I would expect that over time I would have to distort my behavior to allow it to persist.

Beyond the dishonesty of even failing to correct someone else's self delusion, I wouldn't like the effect that not breaking the spell would probably have on what I could say and do (and the greater dishonesty that this could lead to).

The world is a diverse place, and not everyone who knows what I am will want to hate me. I'd rather spend my time with those who don't than deceiving those who should.

As God said onto Moses (Exodus 3:14), or as Popeye said onto Bluto: "I am what I am." I have no desire to pretend to be something else.

Telnar