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Originally Posted by Ilikedeadpeople  Themaster- how can he have taught us to be himself when he obviously couldnt even accept his own physical appearance? He was born a black boy and slowly over the years worked himself into a plastic surgery-induced white woman. How is this "being yourself"? When confronted about the obvious plastic surgery he blamed a sickness for altering his appearance.  |
Well, we'd have to define what "being yourself" really means. You are talking about
accepting his physical appearance. Is that really "being yourself"? Or is "being yourself" being able to follow what feels right to you?
Acceptance of circumstances isn't necessarily being yourself IMO. I'm not defending or criticizing his choice to change his physical appearance, that's not the point. But I don't think that the fact that he made this choice is proof that he wasn't being himself. It might have been quite the opposite, actually - from his perspective.