I think you need to reread. No one's saying bullied geeks don't have problems.
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I'm decrying the tendency of male geeks to be like, "I was bullied, so I understand what it's like to be a woman."
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Or white geeks to be like, "I was bullied, so I understand what it's like to be black."
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And to equate the experience of having been bullied as a kid to massive, structural, society-wide disadvantage.
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They are not the same. They both suck, but they're not the same and they don't affect people the same way.
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Moreover, female geeks, geeks of color, etc. experience BOTH. White male geeks don't.
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Yet they use the experience of being bullied to attempt to shut down conversations about other types of oppression.
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Replying to @Delafina777 @sapphixy
yeah, they do all those things and should knock it off
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messaging they'll easily read as dismissal and/or mockery may not be helping them get there, is all i'm saying
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