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A Political Thread pt. 2
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1111266" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>For me, with my white-male privilege, it depends on how the question is asked.</p><p>"Where are you from?" Is asking me where I personally come from, which is currently Gloucestershire, but by upbringing is Wiltshire, so either of those, or simply "the Westcountry" is a perfectly acceptable answer to a perfectly acceptable question.</p><p>My name is Irish, and I would consider something like "Is that an Irish name? Does your family come from there?" to be a reasonable question (albeit one that would have raised warning flags 30+ years ago). However, <looks at name tag> "No, where IRELAND are you from" is insulting and demeaning as they're using the word "you" to mean "people who aren't you" and discounting that I come from the Westcountry.</p><p></p><p>Of course, Lady H doubled, tripled and quadrupled down on refusing to accept the answer to her question as being valid, despite warnings in the subsequent answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1111266, member: 73592"] For me, with my white-male privilege, it depends on how the question is asked. "Where are you from?" Is asking me where I personally come from, which is currently Gloucestershire, but by upbringing is Wiltshire, so either of those, or simply "the Westcountry" is a perfectly acceptable answer to a perfectly acceptable question. My name is Irish, and I would consider something like "Is that an Irish name? Does your family come from there?" to be a reasonable question (albeit one that would have raised warning flags 30+ years ago). However, <looks at name tag> "No, where IRELAND are you from" is insulting and demeaning as they're using the word "you" to mean "people who aren't you" and discounting that I come from the Westcountry. Of course, Lady H doubled, tripled and quadrupled down on refusing to accept the answer to her question as being valid, despite warnings in the subsequent answers. [/QUOTE]
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