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Well, so I got caught up on SGA's Race wank, and well, what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
liviapenn's said on the subject, is pretty much spot on pure golden.
Now, I don't much like the type of discussion on racism that attempts to imbue shame onto "racists", because not only does that make people all defensive and reactionary liek whoa, but it also make "racists" the ones who commit racism.
And...the fact of the matter is that it's an issue of racism that exists in *people*, in *friends*, in people you *admire*; it's an issue of the racism that exists to some degree in each. person. because it *does*. Because we swim in it far too much (due to American media, that's tangled with worldwide media) and it's...it's *transparent* because you swim in it and is invisible to a very many people.
And I'm not going to hate people for being only human. I'm not going to shame people for something they cannot help.
However, I don't like people who aren't willing to self-examine when others are getting hurt at an act of theirs and it is being pointed out. I don't like how the sheer *possibility* that it's their own fault that they caused damage cannot pass through their mind, that they aren't willing to examine their own words and actions to see if these accusations are true.
Perhaps this is just my mental state as of now, with all the RL stuff going on for me. Perhaps this is me finally putting my foot down.
I'm defriending certain of you. Feel free to defriend me back.
[edit 1:11pm for grammar]
[edit 9:57pm] I've just come back from doing errands andltlj's recent post was pointed out to me.
I sincerely apologize toltlj for finding ill in her when there was none. I apologize for not following up and double-checking her own words before defriending. I apologize for the tone in my own comment. I was feeling betrayed at something that hadn't happened and acted far too quickly. Frankly, thank you for your ranty post.
I don't apologize for calling her a racist because in my post I called both everyone and no one a racist, because I believe that everybody has elements of racism in themselves to a degree. I do not level "that obscene hateful accusation" because I don't think it's useful in discussions of prejudice.
I haven't looked at the new comments in this post yet. I will do that now, time 10:10pm.
[edit 10:19pm] btw, I have re-addedltlj, and my current policy still stands that it's okay to either friend or defriend me at will.
[edit 10:33pm] ::facepalm:: edited my edit at 9:57pm to make it more concise and relevant.
[edit 9:22pm March 31st] in direct response here, but pertinent to the post in general:
Well, I have to admit that I was flustered and upset at myself for making such a mistake, and I was defending myself, so yes I was defensive.
What I have wished for of trolls is that they would just stop responding, to stop making an ass of themselves and to stop escalating the grief, so I will do so.
I am sorry.
Well, so I got caught up on SGA's Race wank, and well, what
liviapenn's said on the subject, is pretty much spot on pure golden.Now, I don't much like the type of discussion on racism that attempts to imbue shame onto "racists", because not only does that make people all defensive and reactionary liek whoa, but it also make "racists" the ones who commit racism.
And...the fact of the matter is that it's an issue of racism that exists in *people*, in *friends*, in people you *admire*; it's an issue of the racism that exists to some degree in each. person. because it *does*. Because we swim in it far too much (due to American media, that's tangled with worldwide media) and it's...it's *transparent* because you swim in it and is invisible to a very many people.
And I'm not going to hate people for being only human. I'm not going to shame people for something they cannot help.
However, I don't like people who aren't willing to self-examine when others are getting hurt at an act of theirs and it is being pointed out. I don't like how the sheer *possibility* that it's their own fault that they caused damage cannot pass through their mind, that they aren't willing to examine their own words and actions to see if these accusations are true.
Perhaps this is just my mental state as of now, with all the RL stuff going on for me. Perhaps this is me finally putting my foot down.
I'm defriending certain of you. Feel free to defriend me back.
[edit 1:11pm for grammar]
[edit 9:57pm] I've just come back from doing errands and
ltlj's recent post was pointed out to me. I sincerely apologize to
ltlj for finding ill in her when there was none. I apologize for not following up and double-checking her own words before defriending. I apologize for the tone in my own comment. I was feeling betrayed at something that hadn't happened and acted far too quickly. Frankly, thank you for your ranty post. I don't apologize for calling her a racist because in my post I called both everyone and no one a racist, because I believe that everybody has elements of racism in themselves to a degree. I do not level "that obscene hateful accusation" because I don't think it's useful in discussions of prejudice.
I haven't looked at the new comments in this post yet. I will do that now, time 10:10pm.
[edit 10:19pm] btw, I have re-added
ltlj, and my current policy still stands that it's okay to either friend or defriend me at will.[edit 10:33pm] ::facepalm:: edited my edit at 9:57pm to make it more concise and relevant.
[edit 9:22pm March 31st] in direct response here, but pertinent to the post in general:
Well, I have to admit that I was flustered and upset at myself for making such a mistake, and I was defending myself, so yes I was defensive.
What I have wished for of trolls is that they would just stop responding, to stop making an ass of themselves and to stop escalating the grief, so I will do so.
I am sorry.
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