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Quatrarius  ·  3471 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Emotional Scars of Hubski

I was typing out more, but it ended as a rehash of lil's comment. Let's see how I can try to add more.

1: Humanodon's comment was posted in the "emotional scars" thread, which shows that it was caused by something that did the scarring.

2: Let's assume that it was racism by white people that did it.

3: You said "That's racist".

You're not wrong, but you're missing the context of the discussion here. "I don't trust white people" can be assumed to mean "I don't trust white people because I think that they're going to be racist like other white people I've known and treat me badly". It's not phrased as something to be proud about, or something to copy. It's an admission of an "emotional scar", like in the thread name. It's something sensitive.

    maybe he realizes it's wrong

It's not the thread to argue with people about what's right or what's wrong. It's about listening to people.

EDIT: I need to post faster. I run out of time to butt in.





lil  ·  3471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nice to see thoughtfulness. I'll post more slowly.

Quatrarius  ·  3471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

:| That's not a good result. Normally I go back and re-edit my post if I see you've already said it better. I can get that "insightful posting" cred by saying something different.

EDIT: Like right now when I realize it seems like I'm taking the things you say. Not serious about stealing ideas.