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LIR: My point is pretty simple (znu and, for that matter, MDH): I personally think it's pretty hypocritical to pre-judge, stereotype, and assume ...

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Apr 11 '16, 11:01

A whole lot of information about someone based on an utterance of a few sentences.

I personally think that, as a person subjected to discrimination, prejudice, stereotyping, and all sorts of other forms of oppression throughout my life -- institutionalized or otherwise -- I have a duty to make sure I don't make the same mistakes with other people. I have a responsibility to make sure I don't commit the same sins against others.

So, until shown otherwise, I'm going to give someone the benefit of the doubt that she is speaking from ignorance, not malice.

And I'm not going to assume anything about a person's religion, cultural background, economic status, political ideology, etc. until I know otherwise.

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I would generally agree with this except that I think "lifestyle" has solidified a reference and ideological position similar to other topics. -- (edited) - Max Apr 11, 11:38 1
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"I am one of the people who don’t really agree with that lifestyle." - Spawn Apr 11, 11:11 1
- Precisely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:13
Except I wasn't trying to draw any conclusions about her as a person or her motivations. My focus was on why her message was problematic. - znufrii Apr 11, 11:09 19
- "She didn't choose that word by accident" - Shaun Apr 11, 11:13 14
  - You're misreading it if you think that. -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:14 13
    - How could you make a statement like that then if you have *ZERO* relevant information regarding this person? -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 11:16 12
      - Because language is a function of culture - znufrii Apr 11, 11:21 11
        
        not everyone chooses their words carefully like they are writing for the New Yorker -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:29
        
        Maybe you should just go back to B2 and use that handy Edit Post button before you dig down any harder than you already are. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 11, 11:25 3
        
        No need - znufrii Apr 11, 11:28 2
        
        The issue isn't even with the AI person anymore. It's with your attitude and your statements that you made as though they were facts. -- nm - Shaun Apr 11, 11:33 1
        
        And what attitude is that, pray tell? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:36
        
        What's the word for your explanation of why what you posted is being mis-construed by everyone else? -- (edited) - Will Hunting Apr 11, 11:22
        
        or, it is a function that they have heard from news, or conversations on the topic. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:22 4
        
        Which are all parts of a culture. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 11, 11:24 3
        
        *smh* -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:26 2
        
        This is payback for the bathroom thing, isn't it? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:35 1
        
        no, one has nothing to do with the other. - groiny Apr 11, 11:40
- You stated: "She didn't choose that word by accident." You also stated: "Because it's a common part of the vernacular of the culture ..." - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:13 3
  - Where did I say it was a conscious choice? - znufrii Apr 11, 11:16 2
    - From the commonly accepted definition of "choose." Choose: pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate ... - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:22 1
      - You've never made an unconscious choice? -- nm - znufrii Apr 11, 11:33
Unless it is a politician from Mississippi -- nm - amoxy Apr 11, 11:03 2
- Well, yeah. Geez. Every rule needs an exception to prove itself. - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:07
- phew -- nm - North Carolina Apr 11, 11:04
word -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:02

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