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I understand that your perspective is vastly different from most people on this site, and I do appreciate your input. Without people like you speaking up, certa

I understand that your perspective is vastly different from most people on this site, and I do appreciate your input. Without people like you speaking up, certain issues would never be addressed. My only request is that you avoid emotional and logical amplification of reality. Using terms like mansplaining and whitesplaining, and using phrases like "And, also, if you had any sense, you would have been born a different color/different gender/richer...etc" exaggerates a bad situation, makes people in those identity groups defensive, and weakens your argument. Reality is unfair enough that just highlighting it will lead to change eventually.

DoreenMichele 6y ago
Using terms like mansplaining and whitesplaining As noted above, I don't generally use those terms. You are "using" them yourself currently by including them in your comment telling me I am wrong to "use" them. There's a pandemic on and I haven't slept. I don't really care to discuss this further with you. But for the record I don't think you have any right whatsoever to "request" that I behave in accordance with your wishes while leveling BS accusations in an uncharitable reading of my comment that you refuse to back down on.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  As noted above, I don't generally use those terms. The fact that you don't generally use those terms doesn't change the fact that you used the terms in your parent comment above. I don't think you have any right whatsoever to "request" that I behave in accordance with your wishes while leveling BS accusations in an uncharitable reading of my comment You are right, it isn't the most charitable way to interpret your comment, but there are some speech patterns that tend to cause division and flamewar, if not now then later. They tend to attack or denegrate identity groups of some kind. The phrasing I keep point out is harmful because it attacks such identity groups and is damaging to the community in my opinion. That is why I keep bringing up those portions of your argument. I understand if you want to disengage, and I hope you sleep well.

DoreenMichele 6y ago

Using terms like mansplaining and whitesplaining As noted above, I don't generally use those terms. You are "using" them yourself currently by including them in your comment telling me I am wrong to "use" them. There's a pandemic on and I haven't slept. I don't really care to discuss this further with you. But for the record I don't think you have any right whatsoever to "request" that I behave in accordance with your wishes while leveling BS accusations in an uncharitable reading of my comment that you refuse to back down on.

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
As noted above, I don't generally use those terms. The fact that you don't generally use those terms doesn't change the fact that you used the terms in your parent comment above. I don't think you have any right whatsoever to "request" that I behave in accordance with your wishes while leveling BS accusations in an uncharitable reading of my comment You are right, it isn't the most charitable way to interpret your comment, but there are some speech patterns that tend to cause division and flamewar, if not now then later. They tend to attack or denegrate identity groups of some kind. The phrasing I keep point out is harmful because it attacks such identity groups and is damaging to the community in my opinion. That is why I keep bringing up those portions of your argument. I understand if you want to disengage, and I hope you sleep well.