Teachable Moments

[sparkindarkness]

I’m breaking my annoying silence (so much to do, so little time) because something has annoyed me. Actually it’s a string of people annoying me the same way; that perennial call that we need to be nicer to bigoted straight people who do and say bigoted things and really aren’t we great big meanies for daring to judge people for using slurs or

Comments

[jslayeruk]

Preach it.

The emphasis on "teachable moments" once again puts the onus on the disadvantaged group to end prejudice and seriously, like we don't already have plenty of shit to deal with. And of course, if you acquiesce but are understandably terse (because you're probably explaining a truth that your people have had to deal with for CENTURIES) then you get the "Oh, why are you being so meeeeeeean?!" response. And then the conversation switches to tone and eventually the original point is lost...

*sigh*

People suck, is in essence where I'm going with this.

[teleens_journal]

I agree wholeheartedly.