Nobody’s talking about geography in this context, Burl. Fuck off.

Nobody owes me shit. But I’m not going to be held accountable to imaginary self-identified West Asians by people who are not that.

Are you Asian? Do you identify as Asian, whether West, South, East, or other? If not, what skin do you have in this aside from critiquing the PC police?

She’s got dual US-Asia citizenship, huh? By extension me being born in Japan to white parents would make me Asian as well?

Honestly interested in hearing from any person who identifies as West Asian (and therefore Asian) instead of by nationality or ethnicity.

A large portion of Israel’s Jewish population is of Arab and North African descent. Natalie Portman is definitely not part of that portion of Israel. Her mother’s family came to Israel from the US. Her father’s side from Europe. There is nothing Asian about Natalie Portman.

“Israel is Asia” is a dumb take that I was genuinely not expecting to read today, so, congrats for that.

Dude. You’ve got to stop explaining and listen. I wish there was a way to send a private note, because I get where you are coming from. But the message couldn’t be more clear.

The thing is that MD silences people. I’ve literally watched it happen, where he gets a valid disagreement and dismisses. I’d like to see that change.

I am sorry that you are experiencing anxiety. That sucks. I’ve definitely been in situations where I was very invested in an internet space, where you get to know the commenters more personally, and thus when the inevitable clash of personalities that happens in any open forum happens, it stings. I’ve literally lost…

It’s perfectly appropriate to post wherever because it’s true. Thanks for stating the case so well, your articulation of this issue is extremely helpful - I’ve been searching for the words to express a similar feeling about someone in my real life. Much appreciated.

Posting this under a burner still brings drama. He still not going to listen.

Ok, so let me be clear: I don’t have a problem with his posts, as I said above. What I have a problem with is the multiple women who do, that he is choosing to ignore. I’m not sure why you’re resorting to personally attacking me, when I went out of my way to avoid doing the same to him; in fact I took great care in my…

Note: I copy and pasted this in Barf Bag to be sure it was seen. I have no intention of spamming, but on hindsight this wasn’t the appropriate thread to put this for visibility. I will not be posting this anywhere else.

I am not Meteor, in fact that whole situation caused me to expend quite a bit of emotional labor in wording this as delicately as I was able. I think Meteor is horrid; I also think Mortal is choosing to ignore the women of Jez on a completely unrelated matter.

Mortal Dictata: a call out

THANK YOU. You put this far more eloquently than I could have.

I’m not calling for a community ban, at least not yet, and I’m not accusing him of harassment. But he’s blatantly ignoring the women of Jez on this issue.

Mortal Dictata: a call out