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So sorry for people like you.

Thank you. I could have used some of that then.

The whole reason for wanting a society to be liberal is so people can be truly free. That is, they can be different from what society considers to the "standard person", and it's OK with other people and OK with them! Since the different generally can't help being different and can't change what they are, in a rigid society they are condemned to ostracism and misery.

In a truly liberal society the unusual person doesn't need pity, or receive condemnation (unless he's unusual in a way that makes him hurt others).