I’m sure they all meant well. I’m sure they had good intentions. I’m sure they’re nice people who called their mothers last Sunday, doing the socially-acceptable, polite thing despite the radical wishes of the creator of the holiday.
With that out of the way, an earnest discussion of how acts and words coded as polite, socially correct, nice, and/or helpful can be weaponized may begin.
Take, for instance, Christians who tell my polyamorous, queer2 ass to “Have a blessed day.” Continue reading “Blessing an Atheist Isn’t Nice, It’s Passive-Aggressive”