Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
By: Denn to Ravne on Fri May 24 2024 12:21 pm
That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're
right they should ignore the negative.
comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no
tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person
throwing around slur words like it's 1985.
Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity here to, those here that are willing to help the new ones enjoy the hobby. Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.
As a (presumably) straight white man, I think you underestimate the effects bigotry has on minorities.
people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men
being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming
No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.
I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.
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