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| Simon:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on June 12, 2020, 12:48:53 pm ---Does anyone else see the insanity in people taking it upon themselves to decide what OTHERS might find offensive? --- End quote --- Yup, but it gives them the morale superiority, it's actually all about them not the "victim". |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on June 12, 2020, 12:48:53 pm ---Does anyone else see the insanity in people taking it upon themselves to decide what OTHERS might find offensive? --- End quote --- I think "the bigotry of low expectations" is the correct term. |
| lukego:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on June 12, 2020, 12:48:53 pm ---Does anyone else see the insanity in people taking it upon themselves to decide what OTHERS might find offensive? --- End quote --- I've actually delved into the "General Chat" section today to try and understand why other people have been saying that they don't feel comfortable in the EEVblog community and perceive the community as e.g. hostile to women and minorities. I'm taking them at their word that they are in fact offended by the way people talk here and I'm trying to understand their perspective. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: lukego on June 12, 2020, 01:01:34 pm --- --- Quote from: engrguy42 on June 12, 2020, 12:48:53 pm ---Does anyone else see the insanity in people taking it upon themselves to decide what OTHERS might find offensive? --- End quote --- I've actually delved into the "General Chat" section today to try and understand why other people have been saying that they don't feel comfortable in the EEVblog community and perceive the community as e.g. hostile to women and minorities. I'm taking them at their word that they are in fact offended by the way people talk here and I'm trying to understand their perspective. --- End quote --- Which "other people" "don't feel comfortable in the EEVblog community"? |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 12, 2020, 12:34:13 pm ---Its not really a skin colour issue anywhere. Through most of history people couldn't travel far enough to enslave people who looked significantly different, and were content to enslave people who looked just like themselves. The Slavic people got the raw end of the deal to surrounding people so often, they've ended up named after their sad past. --- End quote --- It's the other way around. The word for slavery has origins with the Slav ethnic group, but Slavic does not mean to be a slave. |
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