I think that there have been certain people who have come into this thread for the last few weeks projecting, without any actual intention of contributing to the discussion, asking a genuine question, or learning anything. It's the same kind of stuff I hear and see people do all the time irl and on Facebook and stuff (back before I made Facebook less cancerous by having literally no locals or family members on it). At this point it's just ridiculously transparent when someone wants to vent and when they want to have a genuine discussion, and they get really mad when you don't want to take the poorly constructed bait and proceed to lash out.
I am not the type of person who is going to be pissed at a white person for asking me a dumb question if that question seems genuinely sincere to me. Hell I in fact once was in a racial discussion where i was like, "listen, you can all ask me whatever questions you want and there won't be any judgement about it, because I'd rather you learn than keep it to yourself". And someone sincerely asked me if it's actually true that black people love grape juice, and why is that if it is true.
If someone asked me that question unprompted (meaning, if I didn't open the door for asking me stupid race questions), or if they asked it to me with a certain attitude or obvious tone, I would pop off like "okay, what the fuck". But this person asked me this question sincerely. It was a dumb as shit question, but it was sincere and I could tell they weren't trying to be combative or just fling microaggressions and shit. So I answered it and used it as an opportunity to explain a larger topic that her question was rooted in.
Someone might feel compelled to go "okay but how do you know". But it's like, I've literally gone through most of the years of my life being exposed to white people being aggressive or defensive about racial shit that is entirely unnecessary to even be pissed or angry about, and it's almost always because they don't understand what they're talking about, and have no desire to, and choose to simply double down in being angry about it.
This shit practically follows a script, it always goes down in the same way, I'm always approached with the same kind of energy by this kind of person. It's super obvious to the point that it's like, why would I bother sincerely engaging with someone who doesn't want to be engaged with beyond simply wanting to vent their anger at me and suck every ounce of energy I have just so that they can feel good when I ultimately get pissed off and fed up with them? The intellectually insincere arguments, the concern trolling, whatever you wanna call it.
Some people are better at hiding it than others, but it's still always the same. I think people who don't deal with it often probably don't recognize it as quickly, maybe it's less obvious. But I think people in this thread have been pretty quick to point out when someone is just kind of being an asshole. Nearly every person in this thread who has addressed me in some way has done so respectfully, and asked me sincere questions, and I did so right back.
Like, every time someone comes at this thread with aggression, they always tackle the same basic topics with the same level of aggression or outrage or whatever, and act as if every person who isn't a POC or LGBTQ or whatever would be helpless against the SJW scum. But their arguments are completely invalidated by the fact that the vast majority of the people in this thread are white and aren't acting as if the world is on fire, so why are these few people choosing to come in here doing so as if everyone who isn't acting like a whole ass is the one who is insane?
I hardly think MSB is a community typically focused on social justice and wokeness, so if the majority of white people or straight people or whatever aren't having any problems having a sincere discussion in this thread, I really don't think there's any need for someone to come in here acting like the sky is falling. That's what The Quartering's YouTube comments section is for.
