I agree. Parents should monitor their kid’s internet usage and uploads. What I was ultimately getting at was that the parents shouldn’t let this incident dissuade them from encouraging their son to pursue this hobby. A few of my friends with children would probably delete their child’s account and ban them from…

I think of it in terms of dealing with any “privilege” (and here I am, now considering whether that works in talking about deaf/hearing or any disability). Essentially, I’m a 40 year old white dude who never had to think about a lot of these things, and a lot of the questions that are important to ask aren’t obvious…

So you’re against the US Constitution? If you don’t like things like due process then you can always leave.

Excuse you. 80s pop, R&B and new wave are the absolute best. There is nothing better on this planet than an 80s one-hit wonder. Music where you can actually hear the crunch of the singer’s hairspray (or the oil dripping of the jheri curl, as the case may be).

Yeah, you’re right. This isn’t the venue I need to say that; I need to just keep continue, “you don’t represent us,” when I confront TERFs themselves.

TERFs want nothing more than to frame the pushback against their bigotry as oppression. Sort of like how religious fundamentalists want to frame the pushback against their anti-gay bigotry as religious persecution.

Ah, New Hampster and Maine, the Mississippi and Alabama of the Northeast. None of this surprises me after living in Maine long enough to watch them elect LePage.

Time to arm yourselves and teach your kids how to defend themselves folks.

Joke’s on you dude, I’m white.

The Constitution has had the weight of a wet sheet of toilet tissue in the past when authorities and governments had decided it was so. The people remained silent because they benefited directly or indirectly from the actions taken. They’ve been brought up before, and those who either understand this or refuse to…

You know that meme that homophobia is the fear that gay men will treat a man the way he treats women?

I respect that. It’s been a very shitty weekend. Take care of yourself.

Thanks. Turns out affirmation that I’m doing at least something right was more needed than I thought.

Thanks. I’ll keep on fighting.

To the jabroni who replied to me who I’m gonna keep in the grays;

I live in a country with actual Nazi history and I am screaming at the news from the US. I learned about these people’s rhetorics in school. An Australian politician back in the thirties, when people were already being killed and tortured and imprisoned in NS Germany, earnestly said: “We don’t have a Jew problem. We…

How does a concerned white person get involved on something like this? Ive never been an activist, but this is bullshit and I can no longer do nothing. But I literally have no idea what to do beyond voicing support here. Suggestions?

To the Ryuji Haters in this thread,

Folks who are saying you need to "understand" the request and "explain the consequences" or "redirect to another activity" have no understanding what this is about.
This is for repetitive requests for the same activity, sometimes after a explanation, many times without.
Sometimes a parent answers no simply because…

Meh, it's been done before.