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Mar. 1st, 2013 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glitch25I will very much admit to being subject to my own biases and privilege. And I recognize that as a result of those, I can be both exempt and sometimes even sheltered from a lot of very important issues that people I know and care about face.
Today I had a little cross-over from those I considered chosen family and those who are not. Someone posted a very colorful article regarding someone within our community who has been in the news lately. This person is not someone I know personally, but I know of her and I know she is important in the lives of many people I know. Probably even you. :-) The bias on the article was undeniable, and from what few comments previewed at the bottom that I could see, they sent my already dying mood to new special depths and generated a stack of genuinely angry emotions.
The take on the person posting the article was not only unsympathetic, but completely oblivious of the tone and take of the article.
And I responded and brought this to their attention. I did so as calmly as I could, but knowing that the best I was able today did not leave my response uncolored. I was unsurprised that their response to mine was a mix of confusion and denial. I allowed myself to get upset beyond that, and while I didn't express much more to the individual, I ultimately gave up and unfriended them. Part of that was in response to a certain consistency of them posting things that I just didn't care to read on my timeline, but today was the final proverbial straw.
I kinda suck at this battle. I need to do better.
And while I battle my own struggles, I don't want to imagine the struggles that many in our community face just because they choose to be true to themselves and make themselves a better life.
We as a race of creatures truly suck. And I don't know what it would ultimately take to get things moving in a good direction. But I'm not giving up. Even if it takes me a while to learn the patience and strength to fight a better fight.
Today I had a little cross-over from those I considered chosen family and those who are not. Someone posted a very colorful article regarding someone within our community who has been in the news lately. This person is not someone I know personally, but I know of her and I know she is important in the lives of many people I know. Probably even you. :-) The bias on the article was undeniable, and from what few comments previewed at the bottom that I could see, they sent my already dying mood to new special depths and generated a stack of genuinely angry emotions.
The take on the person posting the article was not only unsympathetic, but completely oblivious of the tone and take of the article.
And I responded and brought this to their attention. I did so as calmly as I could, but knowing that the best I was able today did not leave my response uncolored. I was unsurprised that their response to mine was a mix of confusion and denial. I allowed myself to get upset beyond that, and while I didn't express much more to the individual, I ultimately gave up and unfriended them. Part of that was in response to a certain consistency of them posting things that I just didn't care to read on my timeline, but today was the final proverbial straw.
I kinda suck at this battle. I need to do better.
And while I battle my own struggles, I don't want to imagine the struggles that many in our community face just because they choose to be true to themselves and make themselves a better life.
We as a race of creatures truly suck. And I don't know what it would ultimately take to get things moving in a good direction. But I'm not giving up. Even if it takes me a while to learn the patience and strength to fight a better fight.