Young People See Online Slurs As Just Joking, Poll Shows
ARTICLE: http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/8715980.html
THIS is by no means surprising. I knew that this was often seen across the net, but I am happy to find an actual article. I only time I actually talked about it was here, and I probably feared being unable to explain it well.
I've been ignoring it a lot though. Such a problem is so common among net comments, that I'd end up arguing a lot about it on my blog.
There were even a lot of people like that the online RP games I've visited. I knew something was bugging me. Imagine such people in charge.
My main thoughts were, "20 somethings are using the same words".
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if I knew what "fa***t" meant when I was like 13-14. I heard kids say "gay" and got really confused, like what does that have to do with me. The words also rubbed me the wrong way. You can sense an air of condescending towards kids who bully or use those words.
THIS is by no means surprising. I knew that this was often seen across the net, but I am happy to find an actual article. I only time I actually talked about it was here, and I probably feared being unable to explain it well.
I've been ignoring it a lot though. Such a problem is so common among net comments, that I'd end up arguing a lot about it on my blog.
There were even a lot of people like that the online RP games I've visited. I knew something was bugging me. Imagine such people in charge.
My main thoughts were, "20 somethings are using the same words".
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if I knew what "fa***t" meant when I was like 13-14. I heard kids say "gay" and got really confused, like what does that have to do with me. The words also rubbed me the wrong way. You can sense an air of condescending towards kids who bully or use those words.