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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 7273043" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p>You've kind of hit the nail on the head; people are scared to talk about stuff like this because the public conversation has largely been dominated by on both sides by vitriol and hyperbole. On the one hand you've got a class of aggrieved red-pill white dudes spouting off about "PC" and "people looking to be offended" like they've given any kind of thought to how others born in different circumstances might experience things differently, and they basically have no clue what the hell they're talking about. On the other hand you've got a class of folks with legitimate grievances (and, more often than not, their allies) who have nonetheless embarked on a scorched-earth campaign against anyone they've deemed to not be sufficiently on their team. Now that doesn't describe everybody on each side, but it definitely describes the loudest voices. And <em><strong>I've</strong></em> certainly been guilty of that latter part myself, even very recently, and it's beginning to sink for me in how tragically destructive that path is. </p><p></p><p>I'm certainly not interested in tone policing anybody with a legitimate cause for anger, frustration and hurt. There's certainly been plenty of jerks in this thread already who have deigned fit to tell others how they should and should not feel or react to others appropriating their culture. And I certainly don't believe that there's some legitimate middle ground that lies in the absolute center of the two positions; one side is more or less in the right and the other is very much in the wrong. Granted, I personally feel that cultural appropriation, as an issue, is both more and less grey then has been presented by various individuals in this thread. There's not really lot of consensus on what is or is not appropriate, and to what extent good intentions excuse flawed execution. </p><p></p><p>I can only speak from my own side in this fight, but if the problem is a lack of compassion and empathy on the other side, the response to it cannot be more of the same. Especially when there are a lot of reasonable people who might have much of value to impart to the conversation, but who are rightfully afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 7273043, member: 57112"] You've kind of hit the nail on the head; people are scared to talk about stuff like this because the public conversation has largely been dominated by on both sides by vitriol and hyperbole. On the one hand you've got a class of aggrieved red-pill white dudes spouting off about "PC" and "people looking to be offended" like they've given any kind of thought to how others born in different circumstances might experience things differently, and they basically have no clue what the hell they're talking about. On the other hand you've got a class of folks with legitimate grievances (and, more often than not, their allies) who have nonetheless embarked on a scorched-earth campaign against anyone they've deemed to not be sufficiently on their team. Now that doesn't describe everybody on each side, but it definitely describes the loudest voices. And [I][B]I've[/B][/I] certainly been guilty of that latter part myself, even very recently, and it's beginning to sink for me in how tragically destructive that path is. I'm certainly not interested in tone policing anybody with a legitimate cause for anger, frustration and hurt. There's certainly been plenty of jerks in this thread already who have deigned fit to tell others how they should and should not feel or react to others appropriating their culture. And I certainly don't believe that there's some legitimate middle ground that lies in the absolute center of the two positions; one side is more or less in the right and the other is very much in the wrong. Granted, I personally feel that cultural appropriation, as an issue, is both more and less grey then has been presented by various individuals in this thread. There's not really lot of consensus on what is or is not appropriate, and to what extent good intentions excuse flawed execution. I can only speak from my own side in this fight, but if the problem is a lack of compassion and empathy on the other side, the response to it cannot be more of the same. Especially when there are a lot of reasonable people who might have much of value to impart to the conversation, but who are rightfully afraid of getting caught in the crossfire. [/QUOTE]
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