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F!S Anon Meme (the Fifth)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

(LJ's still lagging here and there, good luck.)

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[(Anonymous)]

The 'it's not my job to educate you' truth does not mean, as some people take it to mean, 'I shall not educate you'.

It means 'You are not entitled to my time just for being ignorant. You are not allowed to insist I educate you, and, if I don't have the time or don't want to, then proceed to continue being racist, claiming that since I didn't educate you, you know not to be'.

Education is a good thing, but no-one is entitled to it. And if you don't feel like you want to educate someone, you shouldn't have to. But if you do? Do!

[(Anonymous)]

I get this point, but I've never personally seen the phrase used in a way which translates as anything other than "I enjoy getting angry at strangers for imagined or accidental slights and making excuses about why I don't have to make a logical argument".

[(Anonymous)]

That's what the phrase originally meant, I think...unfortunately in recent years it's been turned into "I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE WRONG AND NOT EXPLAIN WHY!!!!1" (Similarly, can anyone explain to me when "intent is not magical" became a goddamn thing?)