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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8019353" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>One of the things I have been trying to do is imagine how things are for the other person. In other words, I have lived a life where, for the most part, I can be assured that I will be listened to and my voice will be heard.</p><p></p><p>Not everyone has had that luxury. And in many ways, it is a luxury.</p><p></p><p>In that way, it does seem pretty weird ... awful even, when someone in effect is telling me, "Shut up. Your opinion doesn't matter. I don't want to hear from you." It makes me feel voiceless, and powerless, as if nothing I say matters. I can't stand it. It makes me feel like I'm not a person. It makes me angry.</p><p></p><p>I can't even imagine what that would feel like if that was the default. If my issues and my problems were not heard, any my voice was reflexively silenced and marginalized. Which seems relevant to what's going on right now.</p><p></p><p>In that sense, I can at least understand a little bit of the frustration that other people are having. The whole, "Oh, wait, you've ignored this problem, and you haven't listened to people that have complained about it, and now that this is blowing up .... now is when you want to make sure that there is a conversation, so that YOUR voice is heard? I don't think so."</p><p></p><p>I think that there is a lot going on. It doesn't make it right; I don't think calling people who really are trying to understand things "racists" is helping, but I can empathize with the frustration while at the same time understanding the hurt that this causes. </p><p></p><p>I'm watching these different threads and conversations take place, and while there are a lot of trolling, and some anger, I think people are trying to understand these issues.</p><p></p><p>It's not easy. We see this over and over again; how do you reconcile the things you love or the things you grew up with? How do we move from a default position of resisting and justifying what we have done to openness to fair critique?</p><p></p><p>I don't have answers to any of this, but I have hope that the more people think about it, talk about it, and reflect ... the better we will be, and the better the hobby will be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8019353, member: 7023840"] One of the things I have been trying to do is imagine how things are for the other person. In other words, I have lived a life where, for the most part, I can be assured that I will be listened to and my voice will be heard. Not everyone has had that luxury. And in many ways, it is a luxury. In that way, it does seem pretty weird ... awful even, when someone in effect is telling me, "Shut up. Your opinion doesn't matter. I don't want to hear from you." It makes me feel voiceless, and powerless, as if nothing I say matters. I can't stand it. It makes me feel like I'm not a person. It makes me angry. I can't even imagine what that would feel like if that was the default. If my issues and my problems were not heard, any my voice was reflexively silenced and marginalized. Which seems relevant to what's going on right now. In that sense, I can at least understand a little bit of the frustration that other people are having. The whole, "Oh, wait, you've ignored this problem, and you haven't listened to people that have complained about it, and now that this is blowing up .... now is when you want to make sure that there is a conversation, so that YOUR voice is heard? I don't think so." I think that there is a lot going on. It doesn't make it right; I don't think calling people who really are trying to understand things "racists" is helping, but I can empathize with the frustration while at the same time understanding the hurt that this causes. I'm watching these different threads and conversations take place, and while there are a lot of trolling, and some anger, I think people are trying to understand these issues. It's not easy. We see this over and over again; how do you reconcile the things you love or the things you grew up with? How do we move from a default position of resisting and justifying what we have done to openness to fair critique? I don't have answers to any of this, but I have hope that the more people think about it, talk about it, and reflect ... the better we will be, and the better the hobby will be. [/QUOTE]
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