This sentence is translated from Chinese, so the wording may be suboptimal.
I’m ready to get loads of downvotes for posting this one.
Absolutely.
A few years ago, there were two phrases being kicked around. Black Lives Matter, and All Lives Matter.
To many white people, All Lives Matter sounded like a positive message, but the black people understood it for what it really was: “Fuck your black lives.”
I heard a good way to call out that bullshit.
The next time the person says something about their particular god, say “All Gods Matter”. It throws them into a tizzy because how dare you. Yup, welcome to what it feels like.
that doesn’t make any sense ; no gods matter
It’s all about phrasing it a way where they say “no, you can’t say that”, and you say “yes, exactly”
Or, all gods matter the same - which is to say: they don’t.
i explained the concept to my gf like this. so you say: increase wages of female workers? naah, increase wages of all workers!
immediately she was like huh… damn, you right.
Well, it’s more often biased against them, and with fewer resources, they’re more affected by it.
I probably agree, but I’m not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean that people who are in a disadvantaged group in a society are more sensitive to language that is biased against their group? So women notice (and can be offended) by phrases like “you throw like a girl” while men might not care, or even notice, that it’s sexist.
Or do you mean people in disadvantaged groups are, in general better at detecting bias in language? So, poor people are better at spotting politic bias in reporting?
The first interpretation. I’m not sure whether or not it is true.
I 100% agree with your point of view then, it seems very logical.
Let’s say I’m immune to mosquito bites. I wouldn’t even notice one or two buzzing about. But I’m very reactive to bites, and get itchiness that lasts for what feels like hours, so as soon as something buzzes nearby, I’m panicking.
You only get hours of itchiness?! I get welts that last for weeks and cause discoloration even once the swelling is gone
Bro you’re being bitten by chupacabras or something, what the hell
I should hope you get 0 downvotes as that is an unambiguously true statement
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You mean like slurs and deogratory terms?
I mean obviously.
You have no idea how often I got called “ching chong” while in the US.
Or how often I get called a “廢柴” by my parents.
I’m just so tired and broken.
Like, if I was like independent and rich , I could just ignore that like “fuck you I’m rich”, I can fuck over people who use those terms against me, or like… just ignore them, since wealth means I can afford protection against those threats anyways.
