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fandomsecrets2012-01-28 03:06 pm
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 12:19 am (UTC)(link)You are the reason people cannot stand "SJ" posters.
You know what the worst part is? You make things worse. You always focus on the negative. Make up issues. Scream and yell about things that you find insulting but nobody else does.
You are making things worse for people like my brother. For people like me.
My brother has Down Syndrome. He is 34. He works in a library, lives in an assisted apartment, and volunteers his time at the local hospital.
His name is David. I was born with, amongst other things, a severe cleft palate. I couldn't pronounce my brothers name correctly I called him "dipsy" thats how it sounded. To this day he is called "dipsy" people at work, at the place he works, the hospital. It's what he likes. He says "my friends call me."
Some SJ jackass went up to my brother when they heard someone at the library call him "dipsy" this jerk went on and on to my brother about how horrible it was. How mean. The person demanded to speak with the library director about this "injustice".
My brother still gets upset about "that person" he cries. He says "why was that person so mean to--"
Why? I can't answer that.
Why are YOU so damn determined to find fault with everything? To find evil everywhere? To take a simple, innocent and fun moment and twist it into hate.
YOU are doing nothing to help people. Nothing. You are creating hurt, evil and hate where it doesn't exist.
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 12:32 am (UTC)(link)no subject
(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 12:34 am (UTC)(link)no subject
(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 02:08 am (UTC)(link)no subject
(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 01:11 am (UTC)(link)It's not about forcing everyone to be ~PC~, it's about trying to get people to fucking consider how others want to be treated. For your brother it's being called by his nickname, for me and a bunch of others it's NOT being called by ANY name.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU LOSE NOTHING BY NOT BEING AN ASSHOLE TO PEOPLE WHO ASK YOU TO STOP DOING SOMETHING
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 03:05 am (UTC)(link)no subject
(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 04:34 am (UTC)(link)She's not calling everybody "dipsy." Dipsy is a loving nickname. Her brother LOVES being called dipsy and tells people to call him that.
Some schmuck hurt her brother by doing exactly what you are doing: telling him that something is wrong with a loving and friendly nickname that people who care about and love him use.
This is exactly what people have a problem with. Listen, I've met some wonderful "Social Jusitice Fighters" but the fact is that the outspoken, over zealous ones are the ones that get attention.
Why? Because of exactly the event the poster told of. People getting bent out of shape over things that have no place being declared wrong or evil.
Yes, people are offended by different things. However you completely made the point that the poster was talking about.
For some strange reason, you took a personal nickname thats right a nickname that no one else would ever use on another person, and you said how YOU would be hurt. How YOU think people should consider how "others" should be treated. Explain, please, how in the HELL a personal and loving nickname for one individual, David a 34 year old man with Down Syndrome living almost independently, suddenly became an offense against you and "others"?
This. This. Is where "people" get so fed up. Taking things completely out of context and making an issue out of a absolute NON-issue.
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-29 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)Stop calling someone by a nickname because it offends you? When it's obvious from what I read in that post that being told he shouldn't use that nickname offended him! So you'd rather offend someone else and his immediate family just to save yourself from being offended.
You're right, it's not about forcing people to be PC here, and I can completely understand wanting people to consider other people's feelings. But shouldn't you include yourself in that? You're not exempt; if you expect other people to consider your feelings, you should at least attempt to understand and consider them. And if they're obviously being offensive, then you have the right to stand up for yourself, but the person who posted above seemed genuinely hurt and offended by something that happened to their family so I highly doubt they posted it to be offensive to you.