cabanafrau
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- May 10, 2006
I certainly don't want to fuel more. That's why I said that I don't think it should be happening to him, or to anyone. Assuming and judging without evidence is not the way to go. However, let's not pretend that everyone person who has been called out for offensive language or actions is actually innocent. Sometimes they are, sometimes people do not realize they did something that might offend someone, sometimes they do not consider what they tend to be as offensive as taken, sometimes people simply do not care. It can be a nuanced thing, as most things are. I simply stated that perhaps more empathy can come from experience.
Individual to individual on the basis of specific actions is not the same as pointing a finger based on category. There's nothing wrong with expecting each individual to sweep our own step. It's not right for me to hold you accountable for three of your neighbors who leave their yard in shambles, and vice versa. My opinion of you and your opinion of me should be based on how each of us cleans up our own yard -- irregardless of whether we could both be labeled as belonging to the same category or polar opposites.