People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be.

Solomon is emphasizing an ethics of acceptance over correction. The line pushes back against medicalized or moral frameworks that treat difference—especially in disability, neurodiversity, sexuality, or other stigmatized identities—as a problem to be fixed. Instead, he argues that many people seek recognition, accommodation, and dignity: the freedom to live as the person they have become through experience, community, and self-understanding. The quote also critiques coercive “cures” and assimilationist pressures, suggesting that well-intentioned helpers can misunderstand what suffering people actually want. Its significance lies in reframing care as support for flourishing rather than eradication of difference.