Ugh. Just got hit with some antisemitism in a part of the internet where I didn't know I had to have my guard up. I'm going to be in my "I hate people" bubble for a while now.
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Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 12:52:13 pm PDT #13261 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
JZ - Sep 11, 2014 1:05:14 pm PDT #13262 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, yuck, Hil. Sorry. I've just been spatting with a friend (whom I've never met) of a (long ago high school) friend on FB, and I'm finding people pretty odious and avoidworthy right now too. But that's much more just annoying, and much less personal and gutpunchy than antisemitism. Vent if you need to, or just hide here and avoid.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 1:08:05 pm PDT #13263 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It was (TRIGGER WARNING) in an I Fucking Love Science post. The post was about a new study done on the DNA of Ashkenazic Jews. The comments almost immediately went to "Hitler was right" and a bunch of cartoons of rabbis with big noses grabbing at money.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2014 1:08:37 pm PDT #13264 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
People seem more tetchy than usual all over FB. Although I might just be wading into discussions I usually avoid. (And MAN, people hate Common Core math, even when they don't understand what it is!)
t edit Wow, that is SO MUCH WORSE than the people who reflexively hate Common Core Math because it's new and scary and therefore must be burned.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 1:10:40 pm PDT #13265 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The comments also pretty quickly went to "See, Ashkenazic Jews are really just European! That means they've got no right to Israel at all!" Which wasn't even what the study said, and is stupid anyway.
JZ - Sep 11, 2014 1:11:29 pm PDT #13266 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Aw, hell, that's completely vile. Were they regular commenters letting their masks slip, or invaders? I've definitely noticed, in related discussions on other boards, that most of the conversations are smart and civil but every now and then apparently some kind of Stormfront rabid bat-signal goes up and for a couple of days the whole place is swarming with horrifying trolls.
Connie Neil - Sep 11, 2014 1:14:32 pm PDT #13267 of 30002
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There are so many interesting conversations that can be done re: genetic distribution without getting politics messed up in it. Idiots.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 1:15:29 pm PDT #13268 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm not sure. They've got a few thousand followers, so I can't really keep track of who's a regular. Usually, the only controversial stuff there is whenever they post something about vaccines, there will be a bunch of anti-vaxxer crap in the comments, but I can just roll my eyes at that without getting emotionally invested.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 1:25:18 pm PDT #13269 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The Common Core math thing bugs me because there's almost nothing new about it. It's basically the same math that's been taught in most public elementary schools for a decade or so. And also all the same "I can't understand my kid's math homework" complaints, but now with "Common Core" labels.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2014 1:30:59 pm PDT #13270 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's basically the same math that's been taught in most public elementary schools for a decade or so.
I think the people who complain the loudest about it haven't had children in school for over a decade. (Wait, did that make sense? I mean the complainers are of an age where their "kids" have been out of elementary school for WAY more than a decade. So their "kids" wouldn't have been taught this.)
Besides, that stupid graphic is designed to make people rail against Common Core, when an equally confusing graphic could be made to show how weird "old math" really is. Bah.