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It doesn't matter that the complaints are anonymous. The ultimate end result of this produces anxiety, even if action is taken. It is passive violence on a mass

by zghst 9y ago

It doesn't matter that the complaints are anonymous. The ultimate end result of this produces anxiety, even if action is taken. It is passive violence on a mass scale instead of healing occurring in one place. People should not want every fracture or trespass humming in the background to remind us. We should be moving on, dedicating our focus on being better people, achieving new heights, real things that progress us forward, that deserves recognition, not pain, not being known as a victim of something. I feel that is the way of our society now, a mad obsession with pain and offense. Violence shifted into an abstract form...

jlebar 9y ago
Taken (very) broadly, I agree. A list like this shifts a burden onto those of us who have privilege, as we're now aware of the bad shit that goes down around us that before we might never have seen. Hopefully it makes us uncomfortable enough to change our actions, thus obviating the need for this discomfort at all.
- zghst 9y ago
  It is natural that we want to take from those who have and give it to those who have not. Whether it economical benefit, experiences, or knowledge. But in this case, I am unconvinced that scaling these experiences in this environment is a healing force. I think there is a missing piece here and one organization alone will not produce the best solution.
  - jlebar 9y ago
    > I am unconvinced that scaling these experiences in this environment is a healing force. You might be right. But I think that's a limited point. Mistreatment of women and minorities is as old as time. All that's changed here is that they're talking about it in a public forum. Maybe that helps heal things (I tend to think it does, by way of raising awareness), maybe, as you say, it doesn't help. Maybe it even hurts. But I am not about to tell victims how to deal with their own pain.
nradov 9y ago
You seem to be confused. Written words are not violence.
- zghst 9y ago
  Another definition of violence is "Strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force.". As long as something is a force of trespass on a being it can count as violence. There are many studies that also prove emotional trauma and conflict also produce responses similar to physical pain in the brain.

by zghst 9y ago

jlebar 9y ago

Taken (very) broadly, I agree. A list like this shifts a burden onto those of us who have privilege, as we're now aware of the bad shit that goes down around us that before we might never have seen. Hopefully it makes us uncomfortable enough to change our actions, thus obviating the need for this discomfort at all.

zghst 9y ago
It is natural that we want to take from those who have and give it to those who have not. Whether it economical benefit, experiences, or knowledge. But in this case, I am unconvinced that scaling these experiences in this environment is a healing force. I think there is a missing piece here and one organization alone will not produce the best solution.
- jlebar 9y ago
  > I am unconvinced that scaling these experiences in this environment is a healing force. You might be right. But I think that's a limited point. Mistreatment of women and minorities is as old as time. All that's changed here is that they're talking about it in a public forum. Maybe that helps heal things (I tend to think it does, by way of raising awareness), maybe, as you say, it doesn't help. Maybe it even hurts. But I am not about to tell victims how to deal with their own pain.

nradov 9y ago

You seem to be confused. Written words are not violence.

zghst 9y ago
Another definition of violence is "Strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force.". As long as something is a force of trespass on a being it can count as violence. There are many studies that also prove emotional trauma and conflict also produce responses similar to physical pain in the brain.