I hope folks finally realise that the only way this can be stopped is fighting within and without the system, especially those who historically have not done so due to their comfort with the benefit it provides them.
10 is hilarious. 'america' is dead and was always a bad idea as it was founded on theft, murder and slavery. It was always going to end up this way because they are so scared it'll come back to haunt them that they'll dig in their heels more than doing the right thing and disbanding and giving all the land back.
Power will always do whatever it can to defend itself from no longer existing, especially unearned power.
To be clear I feel and think the exact same way about all other settler colonialist states etc.
Yeah, this is what someone I know who lives there said, it's not going to pass most likely, isn't legal and they're just doing it to scare folks into moving away from the state.
Yes to a certain degree. Better tools are needed for some things. However it is also accurate to say that social problems cannot be solved by technological solutions.
The problem with this I have found is for me at least it only goes one way in that it is usually me that is expected to show good faith and understanding and not the other way around. In the face of such hostility, ridicule and scorn this can be difficult to maintain when 'the other side' is not showing the same kindness.
As can be seen, I did go out of my way to explain and answer questions but was met by increasing levels of disbelief etc and all of their answers were usually nothing I hadn't heard or seen before in similar situations.
Sure. Your point is well made and I get that, however no one in that thread seemed to be making that argument, just that they should be able to use it regardless because they genuinely believed that langauge is free to be used regardless of what the originators of a language have to say, especially if they have been and still are oppressed.
And one or two egregious examples said that it was 'just' slang that was part of Gen Z/Internet culture despite it genuinely having been stolen from black folks, the meanings changed and then gatekept from black people, especially through ridicule.
The other thing is that folks often get confused between AAE and Southern English because in a lot of ways they do sound similar and have had genuine cultural exchange. However, they are not exactly the same.
It also made me very uncomfortable that the one actual black person in the thread was ignored when they said that it was a problem and that they have to live it. Food for thought.
I do appreciate you taking the time to talk to me in an actually decent way and would love to continue this if you would also like to.
It doesn't seem to be sadly as people are still arguing the point that it wasn't and ignoring that actual black people weighed in too.
If Beehaw is dedicated to keeping that kind of person around I think I'll leave as I'd rather not be around people so dedicated to upholding such things.
Fuck cops.