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My experience isn't "exaggerated", it's the truth, so I'm not sure why you're attempting to diminish it with that language. The conclusion that I am drawing is

by daenz 4y ago

My experience isn't "exaggerated", it's the truth, so I'm not sure why you're attempting to diminish it with that language. The conclusion that I am drawing is not that "accusations of microaggressions are invalid because of my experience", it's "I now know that people will deliberately falsely accuse someone, because I've personally witnessed it." Previously, I was inclined to believe accusations. Now, I withhold judgement. There's nothing quite like first hand experience to show what some people can do.

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saghm 4y ago
> My experience isn't "exaggerated", it's the truth, so I'm not sure why you're attempting to diminish it with that language. I think they're saying the incident is exaggerated compared to the norm, i.e. that it's an outlier, not that you're exaggerating in your description. As for the rest of your comment, I think people have made false claims against each other long before the term "microaggression" came about, and it will likely happen long after the term goes out of common use. Given the near infinite flexibility of language, playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else.
- toolz 4y ago
  > playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm". It is not a comparison, it is an actor distorting something. I do appreciate the attempt at charitable interpretation, but I don't think you can redefine words from their only meanings just to clear someone from making an accusation.
  - saghm 4y ago
    By "vocabulary whackamole", I meant decrying "microaggressions" as a weapon, not misunderstanding the use of "exaggeration"; I agree that wasn't super clear, but I felt I understood what they meant by it, so I tried to help explain. > exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm" Not to nitpick, but it's almost exactly the second definition here[1]: "enlarged or increased beyond the normal : greater than normal" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated
    - toolz 4y ago
      I stand corrected, I only looked at exaggerate and not the past participle, which apparently does fit your interpretation. Thanks

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saghm 4y ago

> My experience isn't "exaggerated", it's the truth, so I'm not sure why you're attempting to diminish it with that language. I think they're saying the incident is exaggerated compared to the norm, i.e. that it's an outlier, not that you're exaggerating in your description. As for the rest of your comment, I think people have made false claims against each other long before the term "microaggression" came about, and it will likely happen long after the term goes out of common use. Given the near infinite flexibility of language, playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else.

toolz 4y ago
> playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm". It is not a comparison, it is an actor distorting something. I do appreciate the attempt at charitable interpretation, but I don't think you can redefine words from their only meanings just to clear someone from making an accusation.
- saghm 4y ago
  By "vocabulary whackamole", I meant decrying "microaggressions" as a weapon, not misunderstanding the use of "exaggeration"; I agree that wasn't super clear, but I felt I understood what they meant by it, so I tried to help explain. > exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm" Not to nitpick, but it's almost exactly the second definition here[1]: "enlarged or increased beyond the normal : greater than normal" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated
  - toolz 4y ago
    I stand corrected, I only looked at exaggerate and not the past participle, which apparently does fit your interpretation. Thanks