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[Lindsay Morris via Callers]

On Friday, January 22, 2016, Aahz Maruch via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016, Lindsay Morris via Callers wrote:
> >
> > I'm about to leave this list because I'm so appalled at the amount of
> time
> > spent on this discussion. So many smart, good people: surely we all have
> > something better to do?
>
> Sounds like you're policing what other people choose to spend their time
> on.  Oddly enough, I've seen comments like yours countless times when the
> subject lands on sexism, racism, homophobia, and so on.  What I find
> especially interesting is that these types of comments are louder when
> it's a subject that isn't "generally recognized" to be hurtful.  In my
> own lifetime, I've watched the discussion shift significantly when the
> subject is homophobia, and I currently watch appalled as fatphobia is
> still considered acceptable (with constant deprecatory comments similar
> to yours).
>
> People whose lives are adversely affected by prejudice don't have the
> luxury of walking away from the discussion.
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Lindsay Morris
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Tel. 1-859-539-9900
lindsay at tsmworks.com
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