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by zardeh 3432 days ago
And they are allowed to be vilified for their ambivalence. Saying "I don't care" doesn't absolve you of any guilt.
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Ambivalence and apathy are two very different things. Ambivalence is having mixed or contradictory ideas about something. Apathy is disinterest or lack of concern. For a lot of difficult issues, it's reasonable to be ambivalent. Sometimes it's hard not to be able to see multiple sides of an issue and understand the appeal of more than one.