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I'm an old white man.. and it's punching up, not punching down.
by mgbmtl 11y ago
I'm an old white man.. and it's punching up, not punching down.
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- AnimalMuppet 11y agoAnd you, sir, are becoming the problem you're complaining about. Don't kid yourself that it's fine for you to do because of the targets you're choosing.
- mgbmtl 11y agoIt is far from being a level playing field. The message varies greatly depending on the sender, receiver and context, right? I think it's quite OK to call out your fellow stereotype when they're being dicks. And while we're at it, since this thread is going down into "this is reverse racism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M
- AnimalMuppet 11y ago> It is far from being a level playing field. So that makes it fair to unfairly stereotype others? > I think it's quite OK to call out your fellow stereotype when they're being dicks. Call out your fellow [members of a group that contains you] when they're being dicks, sure. We need that. But don't stereotype them to do it - we don't need that.
- golemotron 11y agoIt's more than that. http://bit.ly/1sLUaQP http://bit.ly/1sLUaQP
- thescribe 11y agoJustice would be 'punching wrong' regardless of up or down.