Dear Universe,

Oct 28, 2007 14:27

You know what is not okay? Telling people pointing out an injustice that they are too angry, and that they must 'moderate their tone' to be taken seriously. This is not okay. You only ever do it to people lacking relative power in a situation - a customer reaming out a clerk because the store doesn't have the specific book he wanted is never told ( Read more... )

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mhari October 28 2007, 22:18:50 UTC
Jesus, I just realized-- people do the exact same thing to children all the time. Which just supports your point.

Gah, humans.

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