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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8374437" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>I don’t think so. I know bullies. I don’t like them.</p><p></p><p>And I don’t much enjoy people coming in and saying I’m in error for not enjoying the glib dismissiveness of the schoolyard bully either.</p><p></p><p>And to the extent that you literally just compared other people’s experiences dealing with racism and homophobia in the real world for decades to tweeting about a contest, you truly need to reconsider what you are doing.</p><p></p><p>EDIT- I am going to be quite clear. You just wrote this-</p><p><em>Your response seems to suggest you have been the victim of racism or homophobia, and if so you can imagine...or probably have actually experienced...how dismissive and demeaning it would be to speak up for yourself, and then be accused of "making the world a little less fun" for trying to protect yourself.</em></p><p></p><p>The reason for the offense is this. You don't trot out analogies to racism and homophobia as intensifiers. You don't do it as argumentative ploys. You don't do it so that you can say, "Hey, if you happen to have experienced homophobia and racism in real life, you can get how this annoys me." If you don't understand why that's a terrible not-good very bad idea, then nothing I write is going to change things.</p><p></p><p>Just imagine- "The other day, I had to wait for 30 minutes at the DMV. It was just like being put at the back of the bus!"</p><p>"The police won't let us skateboarders on the City Hall steps. This is exactly like what led to Stonewall."</p><p></p><p>You know what's like decades of racism and homophobia? Decades of racism and homophobia.* Not twitter-pressing companies over the T&C that was auto-generated by some Australian software.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*For the people you're talking to. Centuries in general.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8374437, member: 7023840"] I don’t think so. I know bullies. I don’t like them. And I don’t much enjoy people coming in and saying I’m in error for not enjoying the glib dismissiveness of the schoolyard bully either. And to the extent that you literally just compared other people’s experiences dealing with racism and homophobia in the real world for decades to tweeting about a contest, you truly need to reconsider what you are doing. EDIT- I am going to be quite clear. You just wrote this- [I]Your response seems to suggest you have been the victim of racism or homophobia, and if so you can imagine...or probably have actually experienced...how dismissive and demeaning it would be to speak up for yourself, and then be accused of "making the world a little less fun" for trying to protect yourself.[/I] The reason for the offense is this. You don't trot out analogies to racism and homophobia as intensifiers. You don't do it as argumentative ploys. You don't do it so that you can say, "Hey, if you happen to have experienced homophobia and racism in real life, you can get how this annoys me." If you don't understand why that's a terrible not-good very bad idea, then nothing I write is going to change things. Just imagine- "The other day, I had to wait for 30 minutes at the DMV. It was just like being put at the back of the bus!" "The police won't let us skateboarders on the City Hall steps. This is exactly like what led to Stonewall." You know what's like decades of racism and homophobia? Decades of racism and homophobia.* Not twitter-pressing companies over the T&C that was auto-generated by some Australian software. *For the people you're talking to. Centuries in general. [/QUOTE]
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