She sounds racists against white males. Apparently heterosexual white males never have any obstacles in life. Tell that to my son with disabilities.
I can respect ALL of those. I fully agree with a couple actually. BUT, I think a big part of why I can respect/tolerate all of them is you're not trying to make others conform to your beliefs. THAT'S where I think part of a big divide is. There are definitely people (again, if they're on this board, they won't admit it) who not only won't participate in single sex marriage (just to pick one topic) but don't think others should be allowed. I think THAT'S wrong (not allowing others to do something you disagree with). And you can say that about most, if not all, of the topics you list.
Nope, I don't do that either. But if someone TELLS me what they prefer to be called, I'll do my best to accommodate them.
The argument was that they would have less obstacles, not that they wouldn't have zero obstacles.
That is a huge generalization.
It is and it's not true in every case for sure. It's just not surprising when you observe it in one of those training exercises.
I will fight to the death to defend your right to your conservative, traditional values. Don't like gay marriage? Don't have one. Don't like transgender? Stay the same gender you were born. Want to surround yourself with evangelical Christians? Knock yourself out. But the problem begins when you try to impose your values on someone else. You even have the right to be intolerant. Silently, or when you're with your like-minded friends. You don't have the right to try to lessen anyone else's existence or decide what they should or shouldn't do based on your own personal values. Nor do you have the right to slander them by using outdated, hurtful terms to describe them.
“Training exercises.” Lol. Truer words have never been spoken.
No, it’s true that being a white male in the US carries a premium of privilege and opportunity. That’s the baseline.
Not once in my life have I ever tried to impose my values on anyone. If you consider not going to WDW in June imposing my values on you than so be it.
What training exercises?
Refusing to acknowledge a fellow human’s gender is pretty imposing
No one should be made to feel guilty for being born a certain color. If you don't think that goes on in this country you don't have kids in school or college.
I pointed out a simple example of how institutional racism and sexism work. No idea what you’re on about
I got the posts mixed up. I thought the root of the comment you were replying to was the below post but it wasn't. My mistake.
I call people by their first name, not a pronoun. How does this work do you just walk up to people and ask them their pronouns?
You realize that is being used to make white kids feel bad about being born white.
So you have a friend named Alex, and you're telling your sister about the trip you recently took with Alex. You're saying that throughout the entire conversation, you only ever say, "and then Alex got a great photo of the whales! Alex happened to be taking pictures of the glacier at the time, and then Alex saw movement in the water, so Alex turned Alex's camera toward the movement. I suggested that Alex move to Alex's left a little so Alex could get the glacier in the same shot..." At no point do you EVER refer to Alex ad him, her, or them? You must be exhausting to talk to...
You're being ridiculous. The majority of people are fine with being called their biological pronoun. If somebody ever corrects me on that I'll oblige. I come in contact with hundreds of people a month and it's never happened.
