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Michael T Babcock

@i_jayas
How was I out of turn to make a philosophical statement about the nature of humankind and your expectations thereof?
Educate me.

21 Nov 2022 at 22:14 | Wall-to-wall | Open on floss.social
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David Cooper

@mikebabcock now might be a good time to educate yourself instead of asking someone else to do the work for you.

@i_jayas

21 Nov 2022 at 23:13 | Open on qoto.org
Michael T Babcock

@cooplogic
That's literally what asking is.
How is one to educate themselves about a purported problem that hasn't been explained in any way?
If you want people to do better you have to actually explain your critiques. You can't expect the ignorant to know what they don't know or even how to find the information.
Never put the onus on the ignorant to be wiser, it's just intellectually lazy.

21 Nov 2022 at 23:25 | Open on floss.social
David Cooper

@mikebabcock, first, making a philosophical statement about someone’s actual strife is marginalazing their concerns.
Second, it’s unclear whether you considered who the person posting was, before responding. It’s easy to say “doing your best is all anyone can do” in order to shirk the responsibility of accountability. … (continues)

22 Nov 2022 at 1:06 | Open on qoto.org
David Cooper

@mikebabcock The mastodon site claims that the network is “safe for all”. If the safety measures are used as a way to attack minoritized groups, then not only is the system not safe, but it’s mechanism for “safety” is being used to harm.

22 Nov 2022 at 1:07 | Open on qoto.org
lime with barcode

@mikebabcock Dude you're being an asshole, back off.

21 Nov 2022 at 23:38 | Open on misc.name
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