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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Posted:
Im gonna have a winge. Im sick of people making throw away automated responses to comments they make, through fear, or the need to imply they were not being rascist, intolerent, insensative ect...
I was talking to someone and the subject of music comes up, he says I dont like kelis really, or R&B, you know sort of black music
me: haha yeah i know what you mean.
Now it was a harmless comment, wasnt said to be offensive, it didnt mean anything, none of us made a deal out of it, it was also sort of a throw away comment, abit tounge in cheak not meant to be taken seriously.
He then (like I was expecting him too 2 seconds later, I instantly thought to myself 'listen to him say how hes not a rascist in a second') felt the need to go on about how hes not rascist. How he has lots of black friends, how he meant no disrispect by it, how theres nothing wrong with R&B, its just not his thing, how he gets along with black people, he works with them...ect it went on and on abit I just tuned out and groaned a he saidall these predictable things.
I felt like asking him to please not buy into the idea youhave to justifie everything you say on the off chance someone might get upity and take offence for no reason.
Im sick of it! All those stupid automated respnses that have been drummed into our heads. From this point on I vowe never to appologise for anything I say (unless on the off chance I do get angry and deliberatly say something just to be offensive)
Im gonna have a winge. Im sick of people making throw away automated responses to comments they make, through fear, or the need to imply they were not being rascist, intolerent, insensative ect...
I was talking to someone and the subject of music comes up, he says I dont like kelis really, or R&B, you know sort of black music
me: haha yeah i know what you mean.
Now it was a harmless comment, wasnt said to be offensive, it didnt mean anything, none of us made a deal out of it, it was also sort of a throw away comment, abit tounge in cheak not meant to be taken seriously.
He then (like I was expecting him too 2 seconds later, I instantly thought to myself 'listen to him say how hes not a rascist in a second') felt the need to go on about how hes not rascist. How he has lots of black friends, how he meant no disrispect by it, how theres nothing wrong with R&B, its just not his thing, how he gets along with black people, he works with them...ect it went on and on abit I just tuned out and groaned a he saidall these predictable things.
I felt like asking him to please not buy into the idea youhave to justifie everything you say on the off chance someone might get upity and take offence for no reason.
Im sick of it! All those stupid automated respnses that have been drummed into our heads. From this point on I vowe never to appologise for anything I say (unless on the off chance I do get angry and deliberatly say something just to be offensive)
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Luckily I grew up in an era before the whole "politcal correctness" wave.
I don't raise my son with it either.
I am not ashamed of what I do and do not like and I agree that people are entirely too sensitive over many such things. It is chronically annoying.
Do you think that they were said from a point of validity at first, before it became automatic though?
Luckily I grew up in an era before the whole "politcal correctness" wave.
I don't raise my son with it either.
I am not ashamed of what I do and do not like and I agree that people are entirely too sensitive over many such things. It is chronically annoying.
Do you think that they were said from a point of validity at first, before it became automatic though?
Pele
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Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Posted:
I really only say "I hate this, but that's not to say that..." when what I'm saying may have a high chance of being mis-interpreted.
For example if someone says "What do you think of "Bridge over Troubled water"? and I respond with "I -ing hate it, it's a -ty song" I would probably follow that up with "But I love most of the rest of Simon and Garfunkel" because it would be easy to assume that because I hated a specific song, I would hate everything else they did.
I really only say "I hate this, but that's not to say that..." when what I'm saying may have a high chance of being mis-interpreted.
For example if someone says "What do you think of "Bridge over Troubled water"? and I respond with "I -ing hate it, it's a -ty song" I would probably follow that up with "But I love most of the rest of Simon and Garfunkel" because it would be easy to assume that because I hated a specific song, I would hate everything else they did.
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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