I get the sentiment. However, I don't want this conversation to become diffused via derailing.

The point of my last comment is a point I would've made to whoever happened to weigh in on this next - which is that somehow in the discussion of a white man co-opting minority identities when his white identity didn't do, in order to get what his white male self wanted (no matter what), it's "disappointing" to bring up that white male identity.

As far as opinions go, that one is richer and whiter than cheesecake, my favorite dessert.

I also won't have users "would-have-shared-but" thrown out there like they aren't intended to impact what I write or how I write it - as if there isn't an implied, "Next time, keep the white comments out of it, and I'll help you be a little more popular."

"Next time, keep the white comments out of it, and your post will deserve more attention."

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So sure. Share your pictures of puppies. That's fine. But puppies aren't going to make me forget or let go of the fact that some internet rando thought that his disappointment and his lost share were significant enough to me, should be significant enough to me, that I should know about them, so that next time, I would sit down and stop talking like that.

Because those - the rando opinions of strangers - are things that should matter to me more than the issues I see in the article I posted . Clearly.