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One thing I hate is "It's not the job of the marginalized to educate you." I hate it so much. Fuck that idea. It shuts down conversations, it demands submission and humiliation from the listener, is generally disrespectful, and cuts short increases in knowledge and connection.

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Frustrating as it may be when you are genuinely interested, they are right. Think they have to deal with trolls all the time, and many times their questions are ill-intentioned or one quick google search away.

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I ended up opening to their experiences thanks to people who were willing to "educate" me, and not to those who sent me to google, but I still understand.

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I can understand this *sometimes*, but every time I've personally encountered it, it's been bad - in the middle of conversations we're having already, or I'm asking questions that googles just turn up one-sided op ed pieces that I have even more questions about

4:52 AM · Feb 5, 2020

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I mean, it's still not their job though? Most people do try, but there's always one more person to 'educate' and the ones you do educate often don't really take it onboard. Didn't you find it exhausting to keep having to explain you weren't a dog-fucker?