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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:02 am
Oh, you can't say that! If you start speculating about the reasons behind people's actions without a signed testament written in blood, you're MIND READING or MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THEIR MOTIVES! D: Darth will have none of that nonsense!
Someone should remember he said this.
"Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough."
-TR
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:04 am
I guess straight people need this, after being denied marriage, defined as mentally ill, burned at the stake, etc.
Staright White Male is used as a slur nowadatys by important segments of the population...
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:04 am
I guess straight people need this, after being denied marriage, defined as mentally ill, burned at the stake, etc.
Staright White Male is used as a slur nowadatys by important segments of the population...
That's not a slur, it's a literal description. Even if it was a slur, I note an absence of Straight White Men being forbidden from marrying people for being straight, evicted from housing or fired for being straight white men, or getting their genitals electrically shocked in an attempt to "cure" them of their straight white maleness.
TL;DR it's not a slur just because it annoys you
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
Yeah, I wouldn't go so far as to call it a slur in context. As a subject it's the center of a perceived problem. And it has to do with on a collective and not individual level; anybody talking about such problem should know better than to give you problems for being hetero.
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:17 am
That's not a slur, it's a literal description. Even if it was a slur, I note an absence of Straight White Men being forbidden from marrying people for being straight, evicted from housing or fired for being straight white men, or getting their genitals electrically shocked in an attempt to "cure" them of their straight white maleness.
TL;DR it's not a slur just because it annoys you
You don't think the jobs of straight white men are sacrificed on the alter of diversity and affirmative action? You are blind. White men need not apply is becoming more and more common.
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:04 am
I guess straight people need this, after being denied marriage, defined as mentally ill, burned at the stake, etc.
Staright White Male is used as a slur nowadatys by important segments of the population...
Yeah but so is single white female.
Also a very not bright idea...
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:17 am
That's not a slur, it's a literal description. Even if it was a slur, I note an absence of Straight White Men being forbidden from marrying people for being straight, evicted from housing or fired for being straight white men, or getting their genitals electrically shocked in an attempt to "cure" them of their straight white maleness.
TL;DR it's not a slur just because it annoys you
I can show you the fine prog folks saying that on a Slate podcasts. I mean regular contributors.
If it is a slur it's bad news for the Republic.
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:23 am
Yeah, I wouldn't go so far as to call it a slur in context. As a subject it's the center of a perceived problem. And it has to do with on a collective and not individual level; anybody talking about such problem should know better than to give you problems for being hetero.
@Yukaphile Being straight could lose you some jobs because people want "diversity" and "inclusion."
But, other than some people not considering a straight pride parade worth doing, what's the problem? Why are so many NPCs getting triggered over this?
Suppose I held a parade for people who are 6' tall. Who would be objecting?
