Because people "speak their mind."
that's actually a POV of some kossacks, old and new. they actually think the (VERY FEW) black people on this site, and those people who sympathize with us... ARE LYING ABOUT RACISM.
EVERY SINGLE TIME one of us gets up the courage to actually call out something we think isn't right along those lines, we're met with derision, anger (nay, RAGE), disbelief. we're out and out called liars. we're asked to provide links. when we provide links, we're told we misunderstood what we were seeing.
even worse, when we're VERY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT ACCUSING SOMEONE OUTRIGHT OF RACISM we get
"did you just call me a RACIST!?!?!?"
in reply. IT NEVER FAILS.
so I ask you kossacks: do you believe that's true? that I, and others like me, get our JOLLIES by accusing people of racism/racial insensitivity/bad phrasing/historical ignorance? you think we think it's fun to do, considering we KNOW we'll get HRed and joked about in long threads to the right margin?
you think this is a joke? that we think it's cute and funny?
speaking for myself... it PAINS me when I see people who are supposed to be on my side laughing about racism, chuckling that they might be accused, or making questionable comments on race. that shit hurts. every time. which is why I'm never diplomatic when I talk about it. by the time I'm talking about it, I'm OVER THE MOON pissed.
I've tried to save my blood pressure at times by laughing to keep from crying. that fucking backfired like an old truck, 'cause now there's a coterie of kossacks who will NEVER LET ME FORGET DOING SO, and think that means I deliberately game the site. I've tried disabusing them of this notion, to no avail.
I've lost "friends" over this on here. which hurt like hell. I'm constantly told what a terrible person I am because of this, but I can take that. what really pisses me off nowadays is there are some kossacks that were banned more than a year ago for (IMO) speaking forcefully to this topic while not controlling their tempers. the people who think we're all lying about racism ARE STILL FUCKING LAUGHING ABOUT THAT.
something's gotta fucking give, folks. I'm not going anywhere, so this ain't no GBCW or TTFN, but this can't keep going on like it is. I'm seeing people I argued with about this in like '10 still thinking the same old shit.
to paraphrase a recent diary, that makes me sick. I'm not adding "pie" to the poll cause THIS SHIT AIN'T FUNNY.
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