subpost re: cw meta, race, mh- mention, suicide mention 

saw some purie (purity leftist) posting about deliberately refusing to CW because "it's important to make white people uncomfortable so they'll maybe change for the better"

So they want to try to force-feed people with stressful content just because some of the readers might be white people.

Also the implicit logic of "I'm the good marginalized victim and you're the inherently evil white person, so it's more important that you see my opinion than you having a comfortable social media experience" really rubs me the wrong way.

I'm mixed race black and also autistic. I know how much it sucks to read stressful content on a bad day, it can be the difference between coping or a suicide attempt.

I also know how much racism sucks, from personal experience. But being mean to "white people" (a.k.a. "I just assume everyone who disagrees with me is white") doesn't fix it. It probably just makes white people hate us even more. It might be shooting in the foot of the whole group they try to defend.

Sure, of course it's your right to not CW and be rude to white people. It's your free speech. We're just trying to tell you that the way you do it is a dick move.
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subpost re: cw meta, race, mh- mention, suicide mention 

@LunaDragofelis
I like "purie" as a word for this kind of person. Thank you.

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