hard disagree. being aware of the microaggression pattern allows you to avoid wearing down those around you (which inevitably leads to escalation)
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Replying to @Tipsycaek @drethelin
I don't think you can avoid a thing that can only exist in the bizarre imagination of counterparty. It's like trying to pacify a jealous boyfriend.
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'unintentional rudeness doesn't exist'
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“Unintentional rudeness” is a fundamentally different framework than micro aggressions. The word aggression implies hostile intent
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Replying to @drethelin @adornofthagn and
little things meant to remind people of their place seem hostile to me tbh
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Replying to @chaosprime @drethelin and
i dunno that the microaggresions discourse is good or anything, it'd be a violation of sturgeon's law if a description of a valid and objectionable phenomenon weren't immediately exploded into a swamp of opportunistic dominance maneuvering
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Replying to @chaosprime @drethelin and
I verily doubt that the phenomenon even exists as initially defined by Pierce, let alone has the effects it is implied to have Frankly, "as defined and used" a claim of micro-aggression can not be disproved, kind of like "knocking on table summons bad spirits" can't be disproved
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No no no, knocking on wood BANISHES dark spirits
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Replying to @drethelin @chaosprime and
My grandma said it summons bad spirits. Are you gonna argue spirit stuff with a dead black jewish woman?
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It’s what she would’ve wanted
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