most people confuse acceptance with embracing.
Acceptance isn't positive, it's neutral. When you accept something you aren't saying "this is a good thing", you're simply acknowledging the existence of the thing without negative feelings toward it.
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Yet saying something like “I accept child abuse” doesn’t sound right at all.
@OlderSometimesWiser God no! The key is no negative feelings. And any sane person will feel something negative about child abuse. So nobody accept it except the abusers.
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@OlderSometimesWiser well, we have to accept that it exists before we can fix it