im not saying i dont understand the mistake and take it back or anything. but if that post had been 100% seriously what i had misunderstood it to be, i was totally unafraid to cut ties
i kind of agree and also kind of disagree. of course, all opinions matter, but when you're talking about an issue that you have no personal experience with at all, and that disproportionately impacts a group of people, it's really important to listen to what the group of people are saying.
i'm not saying you should reform your opinion based on what people think, but you shouldn't presume that you know more about an issue than the people who actually experience it/live it every day
That's where I disagree a bit. I think those other opinions matter a lot in those situations. You can't just completely invalidate (or consider less of) someone's opinion because they're just as much a part of that society as the people experiencing oppression. Those opinions don't have to be in-line with each other or even correcthe, but you should definitely not try to reform your opinion based on whether or not you're oppressed more than someone else.
Personally I don't think about gender issues because it's boring. I'm a monster I know.
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im not disagreeing with ur values or even singling u out projectfattass - the only thing uve said that i even was remotely irked by was the story about u painting ur finger nails
this was more of a rant at other situations ive witnessed or people ive seen argue
it's not about the way i speak to people who are less privileged than me, it's about the tendency for me to think that i know better than the people who are less privileged about issues that impact them more than me, if that makes sense. it's like how i can't talk about racial inequality as an authority because i don't experience it.
i sincerely like to think that i try! the school i go to is not rich by any means, and it allows me to be friends with people from a lot of different backgrounds/life experiences, which is lovely and great.
when u engage someone over something PC like feminism, race issues, gender issues, bigotry, etc u should stop for a moment and consider what goal ur actually trying to achieve there -- if ur actively trying to sway people's minds for the better or provide a net positive to the world and displaying some empathy towards why someone might think the things that they do - then great!
if ur just doing spewing sh*t because u want everyone else to know that ur educated and would NEVER blaspheme then ur probably a goddamn sanctimonious narc and u should f*ck off
