Max Seltzer’s Reviews > Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair > Status Update

“Being the object of overreaction means being treated in a way that one does not deserve, which is the centerpiece for injustice. Yet protesting that overreaction is often the excuse for even more injustice. There is a continuation of pathology in blame... as substitutions for our better selves and avoid the work of self-acknowledgment required for resolution and positive change.”