Platonic dialogues

Sometimes I hear the voice of an ex partner or my mother or people who have tried to minimize me and while I’m healing from it i have simulated conversations in my mind. I think they are interesting. I had one like this a month ago. This was about criticizing my appearance. I think it was quite a revealing philosophical dialog.

Them: you are fat. Look at this girl she is thinner than you. I’m going to flirt with her and make you insecure.

Me: I am not inferior

Them: fine then. Look at those guys that passed you, they’re telling each other that she’s less attractive from the front than you appeared from the back.

Me: I am not inferior. And my value won’t be reduced to my appearance 

Them: yes it should be you’re a woman

Me: I am not inferior for being a woman. I am not inferior

Them: you can’t just keep saying that. You’re implying you have some imaginary value that cannot be physically proved. That’s delusional. Being delusional makes you weak and pathetic.

Me: if you believe that then that’s your opinion, and I do think people have inherent dignity and that’s my belief. This belief isn’t dependent on others opinions of it, because, like you pointed out, it cannot be proven. It also cannot be disproven.