blackjackgabbiani asked:
mitigatedchaos answered:
Wasn’t big enough to justify a full post since my followers have already seen the post on my feed.
You can just block quote it and tag me, like
oh look a quote here lol
Supposedly there’s some official way to do it, but eh.
Regarding that topic, while I don’t believe all Robert E. Lee statues were erected in the name of white supremacy, one in the news for being removed recently was.
So if rednecks putting up a Robert E Lee statue bothers you even if they’re not actually racist per se but because it’s symbolically racist and offensive, then it’s just part of their culture you don’t approve of, which makes you uncomfortable, which was the entire point of using rednecks as the example in the first place. Respecting such things is itself part of culture.
And if you’re assuming it means they’re actually racist, then that delves into more harmful/threatening territory.
(Yes, I know not all rednecks are like that, but I saw how libs/lefties responded to the election, including btching about rednecks, and that post is intended to have libs/lefties that say “HOW COULD ANYONE EVER BE OPPOSED TO DIVERSITY?!” stop and notice that they, too, don’t actually terminally value diversity.
And thus while it may be worth the tradeoff, the opposition are not actually a bunch of weird evil people being evil to be evil.)
But when someone puts up a symbol of hate that isn’t the same thing as “wanting diversity”. That’s not wanting a symbol of hate. Same as I would want from anyone living here already. I’m applying the same standards to newcomers that I am to established locals.
The rednecks don’t believe that it’s a symbol of hate. Cultural difference. Why aren’t you respecting that?
