Racing to work again (from my livingroom to the home office, granted, but still, racing - and I notice you PM'd me, so I'll read that when I can and chat with you there. But I will say very quickly that I believe you. I may not know you well, because we have not spent time together, except as bouncing pixels, but I am familiar enough with what you've presented to me as yourself that it does not surprise me that you would not think in many of the same terms that are common amongst our human tribe.
But you, as we've both commented on in the past, are an unusual representative of the tribe. The way you think is not, perhaps, indicative.
And I will stand by the commentary in the icon because the comment that tops the icon is almost always used by people in certain types of conversations - and those conversations, if taken far enough, and observed carefully, generally reveal a) that of course they do see gender/race/whathaveyou and b) they are saying what they say because they do not want to have to consider the issue of gender/race/whathaveyou, if it makes them feel uncomfortable. At best, these can be c) lovely people who are sure that simply by stating that they don't see g/r/w, they can impress the rest of the world into doing the same. Neither a), b), nor c) obviate what is said in the icon.
But there is no doubt in my mind that you are telling the truth about your experiences. Because of that, I believe this icon doesn't refer to people like you. I also believe that that means there is no need for you to be offended, although I recognize that it's not my place to command you not to be offended, since people who tell me not to get upset at something generally get the stinkeye from me.
Hmmm. Spent more time on this than I intended to. Now it's off to the races/salt mines again.
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Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 03:14 pm (UTC)But you, as we've both commented on in the past, are an unusual representative of the tribe. The way you think is not, perhaps, indicative.
And I will stand by the commentary in the icon because the comment that tops the icon is almost always used by people in certain types of conversations - and those conversations, if taken far enough, and observed carefully, generally reveal a) that of course they do see gender/race/whathaveyou and b) they are saying what they say because they do not want to have to consider the issue of gender/race/whathaveyou, if it makes them feel uncomfortable.
At best, these can be c) lovely people who are sure that simply by stating that they don't see g/r/w, they can impress the rest of the world into doing the same. Neither a), b), nor c) obviate what is said in the icon.
But there is no doubt in my mind that you are telling the truth about your experiences. Because of that, I believe this icon doesn't refer to people like you. I also believe that that means there is no need for you to be offended, although I recognize that it's not my place to command you not to be offended, since people who tell me not to get upset at something generally get the stinkeye from me.
Hmmm. Spent more time on this than I intended to. Now it's off to the races/salt mines again.