and then I think, no, there's no way they aren't aware they just DGAF. And if that's the case... well... I'm a Christian...
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so my religious beliefs center on being nice to people who aren't nice to me. But aside from everybody being REAL Christian...
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Casually invalidating POC experiences is just as stupid an electoral strategy as invalidating WWC experiences, and is considerably more evil
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*Christian or [insert religious/spiritual/philosophical belief that empowers you to put the other before yourself here]
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and while I'm at it, that was a good example. Me saying "being real Christian" totally embodies my experience as a black Southern Christian.
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and totally ignores/invalidates the experience of ppl who aren't Christians but follow the principle my tradition calls turn the other cheek
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so if somebody came back like "yeah, because being a Christian is real necessary to being a good person" [insert meme of evil Christians]
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I couldn't be pissed at the way they kinda glossed over my experience of good Christians because I glossed over them first.
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My point: no language/messaging exists solely to denigrate any group. It exists to uphold a way of seeing the world based on experience.
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until you acknowledge the world ppl are trying to build when they mock others, gently or harshly, you can't really communicate or convince.
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all you can do is silence or shame them, which, imo, are legitimate tools, but don't work well for convos across worldviews/frameworks
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