Comments on: Microaggressions don’t usually bother me… https://the-orbit.net/progpub/2014/11/17/microaggressions-dont-usually-bother-me-2/ Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 By: Tony https://the-orbit.net/progpub/2014/11/17/microaggressions-dont-usually-bother-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6122 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:45:51 +0000 http://queershoop.wordpress.com/?p=2032#comment-6122 In reply to Iris Vander Pluym.

Pluck out my ears if they offend me?

]]> By: Iris Vander Pluym https://the-orbit.net/progpub/2014/11/17/microaggressions-dont-usually-bother-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6121 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:44:58 +0000 http://queershoop.wordpress.com/?p=2032#comment-6121

I have good hearing

Well, there’s your problem right there! If you don’t actually hear people, you can still maintain some semblance of faith in humanity. Easy-peasy!

😉

]]> By: cicely https://the-orbit.net/progpub/2014/11/17/microaggressions-dont-usually-bother-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6120 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:16:37 +0000 http://queershoop.wordpress.com/?p=2032#comment-6120 I remember, oh, about 15 years ago, when I had to explain to my son and his friends that saying something they didn’t like was “so gay”, was unacceptable. As usual, it was a case of unthinkingly copying the common usage they were hearing from their peers.

I don’t know to what degree they internalized it—but they don’t say it around me any more. I hope they actually thought about it.

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