This is why the term, "reverse discrimination" makes my head explode. No one owns discrimination.
You're in my brain, Allyson. This is a huge peeve of mine. There is no "reverse discrimination", there's just discrimination.
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Mar 31, 2006 7:32:45 am PST #7585 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 7:35:32 am PST #7586 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If yes means no, dating just got a lot more complicated.
there's just discrimination.
It's sloppy. There's discrimination against the franchised, and against the disenfranchised. People just love to forget about the former being essentially the same thing, although rooted differently, and having many other different characteristics.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2006 7:36:57 am PST #7587 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If yes means no, dating just got a lot more complicated.
Hee!
In other confusing news, the woman who was the biggest hard-ass on my trip (ie, doing school work at midnight when the rest of us were rolling in from dinner and drinks) has been sending all these "fun" emails about hanging out. Dude, seriously? Now you want to hang out?
Allyson - Mar 31, 2006 7:38:55 am PST #7588 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's sloppy.
I don't think I understand what you mean.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 7:39:59 am PST #7589 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, seriously? Now you want to hang out?
Seriously!
The meeting dumper didn't show to the meeting, despite his boss's assurance that he would. Neither did the other key player. Oy. Reschedule joy.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2006 7:41:16 am PST #7590 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously.
OK. I need to take a little walk to get lunch so that at least I leave the house today. Where to go, where to go.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 7:41:35 am PST #7591 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think I understand what you mean.
The term "reverse discrimination." People don't seem to mean "discrimination" before they put it in reverse, so much as "discriminating against the disenfranchised."
Spidra Webster - Mar 31, 2006 7:41:39 am PST #7592 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
There's discrimination against the franchised, and against the disenfranchised. People just love to forget about the former being essentially the same thing, although rooted differently, and having many other different characteristics.
I don't think there's anything about my statement that is at odds with acknowledging institutionalized racism. I'm pro-affirmative action. I'm against one particular group thinking they're the only ones who suffer discrimination and that because of their membership in that group they are congenitally incapable of discriminating against others. I'm not saying that's what you're saying, but that is an attitude that I see around my town a lot and it's wrong-headed. The sooner people realize that discrimination comes in all packages, the sooner we'll be able to root it out.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2006 7:42:18 am PST #7593 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Where to go, where to go.
West
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 7:42:30 am PST #7594 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
discrimination comes in all packages
That was the point (poorly expressed, I see) of my post.