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10:18am August 27, 2012

➸ flip flopping joy: i don’t know when it happened

The comments are as important as the post. A thoughtful discussion of disturbing and destructive trends in the “social justice blogosphere”. Particularly the act of viciously attacking and dogpiling people who don’t deserve it. The author and many commenters have taken part in this practice and are looking for alternative, deeper ways of dealing with issues. Also touches on the misuse of the otherwise completely valid idea of the tone argument. Where it is misused in ways that allow people to justify acts that are unjustifiable for reasons that have nothing to do with tone. Highly recommended, as this is one of the more nuanced discussions of the matter I’ve seen.

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  3. 2398358436 reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born and added:
    wow for real. it’s always just sooo damn important to prioritize the feelings of the person who fucked up, isn’t it?...
  4. a-spoon-is-born reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I can understand frustration with people who claim to agree or disagree with an argument they don’t actually understand....
  5. codeman38 reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    This chain of replies made me realize what it was that’s consistently bugged me about some of the callouts that I’ve...
  6. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born and added:
    We may disagree on that. I see intent as important, but not everything. (As in, I don’t think intent vaporizes the...
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  11. eshusplayground reblogged this from deliciouskaek and added:
    Just an FYI for anybody reading this: My life is not an issue.
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    I do appreciate this, but I do feel a lot of sympathy for where ers is coming from, and discomfort at how ers is...
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