A colossal fuck-up...
Last night I got extremely angry at someone on a different forum because he classified people he didn't agree with as "weak and crazy", and flat-out said that they should be arrested and institutionalized.
Very, very angry. Too angry, in fact.
Why do I say this? Because I posted a rant in a livejournal community about it, and ended up making the same fucking mistake: using ableist, privileged language.
I wasn't thinking clearly, but that's no excuse. I should've known better. i did know better, in fact. But in the red haze of rage, I didn't pay attention to what the fuck I was doing. I ended up hurting and upsetting the very people I had turned to for solidarity. And I absolutely feel like shit about it.
[sigh]
I don't know if I should delete the post or not. I'm leaning towards deleting it, simply because people were so upset, and that's not what I wanted to do. I've messaged one of the mods to ask if I can do exactly that. Hopefully I'll hear back soon and the answer will be a resounding es, and then I'll get rid of it.
I feel so fucking awful right now. :'(
Very, very angry. Too angry, in fact.
Why do I say this? Because I posted a rant in a livejournal community about it, and ended up making the same fucking mistake: using ableist, privileged language.
I wasn't thinking clearly, but that's no excuse. I should've known better. i did know better, in fact. But in the red haze of rage, I didn't pay attention to what the fuck I was doing. I ended up hurting and upsetting the very people I had turned to for solidarity. And I absolutely feel like shit about it.
[sigh]
I don't know if I should delete the post or not. I'm leaning towards deleting it, simply because people were so upset, and that's not what I wanted to do. I've messaged one of the mods to ask if I can do exactly that. Hopefully I'll hear back soon and the answer will be a resounding es, and then I'll get rid of it.
I feel so fucking awful right now. :'(