It's not my job to educate you

Apr 03, 2013 20:52

Called out a member for using slurs in the chat/OOCly- the member argued they could say what they wanted and continued on the same subject / using those terms. An admin then messaged me to tell me I should understand society raised them to think what they were saying was okay, and calling them creepy for it is wrong / judgemental/ posturing. I, ( Read more... )

holy shit words mean things, over 300 comments!!!, made it to sf_drama, what the fuck is this shit, i'll take polite dissent for $500 alex, tilting at windmills don quixote style, slurs are offensive: news at 11, doing it wrong, nice things and why we cannot have them, i speak tumblr, won't someone think of the guests?, i'm not your teacher, banned, next up on the c_w: wank unexpected, a lot of you are assholes

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killiara April 4 2013, 02:22:23 UTC
Mmm, I'd suggest dropping the following links and just walking away. Some things you just CAN'T talk polite about, and the admin was derailing you flat out, by using 'tone' and 'it's your job to educate'. CLASSIC derailing tactics.

http://www.shakesville.com/2010/01/feminism-101.html
http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/resources/mirror-derailing-for-dummies/

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sharepass11 April 4 2013, 02:25:49 UTC
Thank you for the links! =)

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darth_eldritch April 4 2013, 07:58:21 UTC
Yep, this!

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sharepass11 April 5 2013, 04:12:01 UTC
WHY DIDN'T I TAKE YOUR ADVICE BEFORE IT GOT WORSE

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killiara April 5 2013, 06:45:08 UTC
Oh crap, what happened? Running back to read the comments to see.

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killiara April 5 2013, 07:20:12 UTC
I... HOLY CRAP.

I'm going to back away slowly from this post. I've had a headache all day and I get the feeling that reading the further comments is going to make things worse. May I offer hugs and cookies instead?

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