Okay, so in the world, the way to deal with something like this, is write her off. Someone who will change. Shut her out. Okay. I'm done with this place. I'd prefer to engage with people who believe in people.
Okay, so in the world, the way to deal with something like this, is write her off. Someone who will change. Shut her out. Okay. I'm done with this place. I'd prefer to engage with people who believe in people.
I just got through this and all of the related threads and holy fucking shit. I don't understand how that word is something you THINK, let alone type, re-read, and then post! My God.
Okay, so in the world, the way to deal with something like this, is write her off. Someone who will change. Shut her out. Okay. I'm done with this place. I'd prefer to engage with people who believe in people.
Yes. The problem here is that we don't believe in people.
Jesus H tap dancing Christ. GTFO with that bullshit.
That's what really kills me. That post reads like scotty is taking the high road, and we're the BIG MEANIES for not believing racist people can change!
Yes. The problem here is that we don't believe in people.
Jesus H tap dancing Christ. GTFO with that bullshit.
That's what really kills me. That post reads like scotty is taking the high road, and we're the BIG MEANIES for not believing racist people can change!
She's clearly more enlightened than the lot of us.
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Sept 15, 2016 18:04:40 GMT -5
All eyes are on you now, Scotty. So I guess make yourself a martyr for Tamb, because that's the most important thing in this thread. Not that one of us typed out the n-word and thought nothing of it.
Keep valuing the feelings of a popular poster over those of WOC, I guess. Same shit, different day.
Okay, so in the world, the way to deal with something like this, is write her off. Someone who will change. Shut her out. Okay. I'm done with this place. I'd prefer to engage with people who believe in people.
You know I believe in change. It's kind of what I do. Do I sincerely hope that tamb has actually learned something this time, yes.
But she doesn't need to keep posting here to prove it.
And your post once again places the needs, emotions and feelings of a white woman over the needs, emotions and feelings of all of our women of color. Don't they deserve a place where racism isn't acceptable? Where they never have to be skimming posts and run across the most hateful word in the English language?
Unfortunately we have shown time and time again on these boards that we will never have a racism free board. It's far to ingrained in the majority of the posters here, myself and yourself included. But we can have a board where it's unacceptable. We should have an overt racism free board (and yes, using that word and the token phrase is overt). And we can have a board that calls out the more subvert racism and the microagrressions.
Eta: and scotty one of our jobs as white people is to stop excusing racism. Full stop. No giving reasons. No giving rational. It's not acceptable. It's not kind. Don't feel empathy for the person who exhibited the racism, feel empathy for the person towards whom it was directed and hurt.
Also, there is no way people saw that post, liked it, and missed that word. It could appear in the middle of a passage of 6 paragraph-less pages of stream of consciousness in Ulysses and it may as well be the only word written. In neon.
Okay, so in the world, the way to deal with something like this, is write her off. Someone who will change. Shut her out. Okay. I'm done with this place. I'd prefer to engage with people who believe in people.
This is a special kind of fucked up. So far from anything I would have ever thought I'd see/read here. From anyone. This is a bell that can't be unrung.
Post by killercupcake on Sept 15, 2016 18:20:40 GMT -5
I cannot get over the amount of navel gazing, self-congratulatory superiority that has to float around in someone's mind for them to think that believing in people is what sets us apart.
Post by LeggsBenedict on Sept 15, 2016 18:20:49 GMT -5
before someone comes in here and says how disappointing it is that scotty is leaving instead of LISTENING and LEARNING, just remember, she has always been a dumbass. that's just a fact. don't be shocked that it's continuing.
before someone comes in here and says how disappointing it is that scotty is leaving instead of LISTENING and LEARNING, just remember, she has always been a dumbass. that's just a fact. don't be shocked that it's continuing.
yeah, she'll be back. Blaming it on the gluten or some shit. Homegirl is bonkers.
before someone comes in here and says how disappointing it is that scotty is leaving instead of LISTENING and LEARNING, just remember, she has always been a dumbass. that's just a fact. don't be shocked that it's continuing.
This is like her 3rd? 4th? time leaving when facing disagreement. Apparently a side effect of vegan shrimp is excessively thin skin.
Post by themysteriouswife on Sept 15, 2016 18:24:52 GMT -5
I'm not shocked someone is defending her. She acts all brand new to everything and gets hair pats over it. It was going to happen. I just didn't think someone would have the guts to do it tonight.
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Sept 15, 2016 18:25:20 GMT -5
If someone were disparaging or abusive toward an animal Scotty would freak the motherfuck out. But Tamb deserves a second chance for casually using the most categorically offensive, hurtful, loaded word in the English language.
In the words of Bey, "Middle fingers up, tell 'em girl BYE."
If this lasts she can cure cancer by next Wednesday
/dead
Although I have always been so intrigued how someone has over 100,000 posts, works 80 hours a week, picks up kids, cooks dinner, etc. How? I mean how does she have the time? How is it possible? I am truly curious and can not figure out how she does it.
No one has ever wondered this before?
Frankly, it's the only thing I ever wanted to know about her.
If this lasts she can cure cancer by next Wednesday
/dead
Although I have always been so intrigued how someone has over 100,000 posts, works 80 hours a week, picks up kids, cooks dinner, etc. How? I mean how does she have the time? How is it possible? I am truly curious and can not figure out how she does it.
No one has ever wondered this before?
I don't think she works 80 hours a week, she also posts while she works and is on the computer all night.
I see how it's possible. But I have wondered how she gets any work done or develops relationships with people.