Re: [issues] alienation (was: Places, issues, etc)

[jenn]

Nico Hailey wrote:
> 
> So my question is more or less, Does
> the origin (ie, actually *ism, cluelessness, trolling, etc) of the
> *ist things which are said matter?
> 
> I mean the effect on ppl  seems the same (discomfort, getting defensive,
> going into "educating" mode). My SO is frequently telling me
> "he didn't really /mean/ X, don't be so agro"... But if he didn't
> really mean X, then he either said X to troll, or because he is
> clueless. Neither of which deserves a "well, that's nice, dear".

I think your second (quoted) paragraph answers your first: trolling
deserves a metaphorical (or real?) slap in the face. Cluelessness
deserves education. Conscious *ism deserves defensiveness. Unconscious 
*ism deserves education. IMO. YMMV.


Jenn V.
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