Everyone is fired up over this, even typically even keeled mutuals. What's happening (ignore the specifics for a moment), is that this gentleman is insulted, but the insult is *imperceptible* to many (most?). https://twitter.com/arminiborus/status/1382512706289332226 …
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World's Greatest Dad in the World Retweeted Julia Rohrer
Her tone is flat to joking, and she's phrased her insult with sufficient plausible deniability that it's possible that she herself does not perceive the insult.https://twitter.com/dingding_peng/status/1382287391310938116?s=19 …
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"I always found it funny when other people consider themselves members of a noble lineage, while I live in their ancestral seat and am therefore queen" is an insult. It's basically the straw man for "cultural appropriation" being bad.
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His response suggests that he shouldn't be on the internet, however. The social world is broken right now, but getting angry on-line is never the right move. Anger is an incredible source of energy, but diverting it to social media is masterbatory.
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Made this point elsewhere, but: Upshot of saying you can become German, is that it‘s a lower caste & you‘re of higher extraction. (Higher castes typically enjoying the capacity to opt in to lower ones) This also explains eigen-robot‘s response: Imagine gatekeeping as a GERMAN.
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