Hey Pandas, What’s A Comment That Changed Your Perspective About Something Negatively? (Closed)

I can think of only one way to construct a phrase like that without being racist (hope post formatting doesn't kill it): "I'm not a racist, but I hate socks and sandals" "Wait... What's the relation between racism and footwear?" "Oh, none, I just like reminding people I'm not racist. F**k racism." "Yeah, f**k racism. And f**k socks and sandals wearers" "Hey, I don't hate people that wear it, I just don't like it myself!" "Oh, sorry. Nevermind"

The unfortunate reality is that despite how often the word "racist" is thrown around, those using the word most often don't seem to understand what it actually means. To the extent that those using it are quite often actively engaging in being racist themselves. After society spent decades trying to instill the importance of not judging people by race/gender/orientation, and instead to focus on the content and quality of ones character....society has now moved toward the hellscape of "identity politics" and pushing the narrative that those meaningless identifiers should be the FIRST and most important consideration in all situations, which also means that any criticism, disagreement or hint of negativity must, "obviously" be due to those identifiers. It's a broken and disgusting way to view the world and all those in it.

Apparently, if you don't like Trump and/or have any suggestions to make the country better, you hate America. Black and white thinking, just like children.

In my experience, the people I've met who insist on homeschooling are completely unqualified to teach their kids anything other than fairy tales and disproven myths

I'm so sorry you had to go through that. There are some very sharp tongued people on here, just like any social media. But there are a lot of regulars here who are supportive and friendly. I've found it's best to stand up to the people who make you feel like c**p over something they just don't like, but not necessarily wrong. Please don't get discouraged and show your stuff to the world.

You're great at your job! Let me give you a completely different one and penalize you for the learning curve

To be fair, there is a recent and very common practice of looking for issues - hence the term micro-aggressions

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I mean to be honest there are a lot of people (especially those on twitter) who get easily offended by the most meaningless statements

Unfortunately that thinking still exists.

My "friend" is like this. AFTER I JUST GOT AN OPPORTUNITY OUT OF 160 PEOPLE TO GO TO AN AUTHOR MEET AND GREET! She just went "I dont care. Shut up" I swear I was going to punch her then errupt into tears

This isn't guaranteed but they may just be trying to expose their thinking process to give you more info on how they got to where they are. But I get it what you're saying. Some people just want to say it out loud to someone.

Lies. All lies.

The perpetually offended, make up a much more insignificant portion of society than they would like everyone to believe....which is why despite all the "controversy" surrounding many of the most successful comics, drummed up by a few thousand people on twitter...they continue to sell out every venue they book. YOU are entitled to like or dislike whatever you wish....you have no right to dictate what others say or enjoy.

Well, not all comedy is equally enjoyed by all people. Has always been the case, will always be the case.

I wrote that poorly. They offered to make a trade with him for stolen things. He was OK with that. Always liked him before that.