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> Not disputing your bad experiences, but do you know how virulent some of those communities were to just about everyone? :) So the opportunity to make many di
by John23832 4y ago
> Not disputing your bad experiences, but do you know how virulent some of those communities were to just about everyone? :)
So the opportunity to make many different people feel excluded is better? I'm not sure what you're getting at?
- slackfan 4y agoSo you're arguing equality is bad, therefore some people need to be more equal than others?
- John23832 4y agoI'm not.
- dbrueck 4y agoThe point was an answer to this question: > Do you know VIRULENTLY anti-black (or woman, or gay) these communities were? I can't begin to describe it. The answer is: "in a somewhat limited way, yes, yes I do". I can't know exactly what it was (and is) like, but the diversity of awfulness in some of those communities allowed me to experience meanness on a level I had never experienced before, which in turn has helped me feel more empathy towards those who deal with things like sexism and racism both online and offline. Before, I had only an intellectual understanding that those things were terrible, which led me to under-appreciate just how much they can hurt. Perhaps I still under-appreciate it (who knows?), but I'm definitely closer to understanding than I was before, and that's a good thing.
- ParetoOptimal 4y ago> The answer is: "in a somewhat limited way, yes, yes I do". Prefacing "I know your experience" with "In a (very|somewhat) limited way" is vitally important.