Sad isn't it? For an honest mistake, no less. I just forgot. It wasn't a deliberate slur, it was just faulty memory or maybe I didn't know.
I mean I can see flaming a person for writing a discriminatory rant about transgender or saying something derogatory. But forgetting that some film director is trans? Really?
And what does it accomplish?
Wouldn't it be more productive, to politely state - oh, by the way, one of the Wachowski's is now female. Or to maybe donate money to a charity that supports awareness of transgender issues? Or maybe help raise money for such a cause? Or maybe provide a link to an article about transgender or a movie on youtube?
I mean, there are so many positive things you can do. And it doesn't take more than a minute to do them. But instead, people choose to launch a personal attack? To flame? What would have been gained by humiliating me for forgetting that one of the Wachowski's happened to change their gender?
And the irony of it, is it accomplishes the exact opposite of their goal. Instead of changing a mind or informing, they've alienated the person even further and caused even more dissent. So now, you have two angry and upset people.
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Date: 2015-06-11 10:38 pm (UTC)I mean I can see flaming a person for writing a discriminatory rant about transgender or saying something derogatory. But forgetting that some film director is trans? Really?
And what does it accomplish?
Wouldn't it be more productive, to politely state - oh, by the way, one of the Wachowski's is now female. Or to maybe donate money to a charity that supports awareness of transgender issues? Or maybe help raise money for such a cause? Or maybe provide a link to an article about transgender or a movie on youtube?
I mean, there are so many positive things you can do. And it doesn't take more than a minute to do them. But instead, people choose to launch a personal attack? To flame? What would have been gained by humiliating me for forgetting that one of the Wachowski's happened to change their gender?
And the irony of it, is it accomplishes the exact opposite of their goal. Instead of changing a mind or informing, they've alienated the person even further and caused even more dissent. So now, you have two angry and upset people.