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Like damn the dude and most of his family were killed in a mass shooting, did you really need to orientalize him on the way out?

  • panopticon [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Edit: I don't want to contribute to a shitty atmosphere so comment removed, I was upset, just don't be a dick, don't shout over marginalized comrades, it's really not that hard

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Of all the things I didn't expect today, I expected being told I don't understand words because I don't read the New Yorker on Hexbear the least.

      • panopticon [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Since you asked nicely I'll respond, the modlog already says it well enough:

        inappropriate. talking over / arguing with a marginalized person about their lived experience.

        Basically OP picked up on a (relatively inoffensive) stereotype that's consistent with the way that east Asian people are essentialized in western news media, you came in being like wtf are you talking about (understandable), they gave what I thought was a reasonable explanation but instead of you know, absorbing it and trying to see it from their point of view you doubled down and decided to argue with them, questioned their literacy and (ironically) made them out to be ignorant.

        Thing is, words have denotative and connotative meaning and they were describing connotations. Other people picked up on those connotations right away so that should tell you it's a learning opportunity rather than a reason to lecture someone, the way you argued with them was indistinguishable (imo) from crypto-racist dickheads arguing in bad faith, but judging by how you've followed up I've gathered it's in good faith. Idk dude, I hope this helps because it seems like a blind spot and I don't mean that unkindly.

        Best possible explanation I can give while at work, but hope that all made sense. Peace comrade.