Not the first time I hear of people not behaving good on discord - canāt judge it, for Iām not there, but I think itās not a good thingā¦ we had a very civilized forum so far, letās keep it that wayā¦
Damn, now Iām gonna end up being called racist just because I love BDSM?
Exactly, this is why I hang around here. I am interested in RFID, and I find the people here to be helpful, charming, quirky and respectful in their own way.
I thinkā¦ dunno if itās a good idea to talk about all that at all, but as usual, I just like to throw in my thoughts here.
Words can do harm. Words can lead to actions that do harm.
But still, I think that you can, to a certain degree, decide yourself how much power you give to someone using ātoxicā language or whatever. People called me names all the time since my teenage years, and I decided not to give them the power to ātraumatizeā me. So, someone who is offended by a singular, out-of-context word somewhere might, just my humble opinion, be overreacting.
People also threw stones at me during school time, so I might just be overly sensitive against people who claim to be traumatized by words, dunnoā¦
I know, and I totally feel for people who have had such situations! But letās be honest, the triggering word can be something like ācellarā or ācatā or whatever, so itās just not possible to avoid that. And Iām all against triggering people intentionally - itās just that sometimes I have the feeling itās just impossible to talk about something without triggering someone unintentionally, and thatās really exhausting.
Like your example - someone being triggered by the word āmasterā. If that person was imprisoned or enslaved by some insane guy or gal and gets flashbacks because of that, okay, I agree this word is a problem. But people saying āoh no, the term master was (obviously) used in the context of slavery, and therefore it is a baaad word in every possible occasionā is just a bit far-fetched for me. It all depends on context, like every kind of communication, and sometimes this is just intentionally ignored. And that, again, triggers me
It wasnāt today, it was from when you posted your snowflake meme in discord
( It was within rules, it was in the venting channel, so fine ).
I wanted to reply, but decided not to, because I just wanted to leave you to your own environment.
Not every post needs a reply, whether you agree with their statement or not.