Indigenous Rising

(1) Just a bystander who fane across the convo.. I feel like by fighting racism you promote hate. When ittybittymango made that bad comment you couldve just responded to her.  Instead you posted it for everyone to see causing her to be bullied for her mistake.

I did post her racist comment. Why should she get to hurt me and promote racism against Native Americans and face no consequences? I have talked about, several times, how I do not like when people are insulted and bullied. I did not post her message to inspire people to insult her. I published her racist comment for two reasons: one, so that she would have to own what she said, and two, so that people smarter than I am could educate her. Why should she be allowed to hurt me, and Native Americans, and PoC, and face no consequences? Do I believe the consequences should be insults? No. The consequence should be to be educated and to understand that she hurts people, and to care about the people she hurt. 

I cannot take responsibility for the insults other people have put on her. I cannot control other people’s actions. She chose to send me (and other people!!) racist comments. If she can insult me why cannot anyone insult her? You are supporting her, defending her, someone who made several racist comments and posted racist imagery. Why are you defender her?

In the real world, if she made these comments she would face the consequences. You want her to benefit from anonymity when she chose to expose her self. No one forced her to write racist comments to multiple people. No one forced her to post racist photos.

(2) And if that wasn’t enough you responded to some of her text posts with sarcastic comments, and mean words.I understand you were hurt by her comments and its totally understandable, but you can’t fight hate with hate.

If it is “totally understandable” why are you questioning it?

Here is the conversation that you are claiming is me being hateful and mean:

She wrote this message about me and the other woman of color who she insulted, she told me so herself. So you are saying it is okay for her to say she is “better” than me (and the other woman), and she can call us “stupid” but I am in the wrong for questioning how nice of a person she is? You are defending the bully, the oppressor, and trying to tone police me, the person she aimed her racism at.

(3) Practice what you preach.

Practice what I preach? When have I EVER fucking said be nice to racists??? WHEN? Never. I never preached about being nice to racist. I have “preached” about being logical and not to use insults. I am too nice to racists. I am too nice. I have every right to call her many insults. But the only insult I made was calling her not humble.

You are writing to me about not being nice but let me ask you, did you write to her about not being nice? She was far meaner than I was. Even if you choose to ignore all her racist comments, her typical insults greatly out weigh my insult.

And lastly, let’s discuss the hypocricy of this message. You are defending a bully while trying to insult me and call me mean. You are doing exactly what I did. See something you perceive as harmful and letting the person know you think that way. And you are telling me to practice what I preach?

Edit: After thought.

Also when has being nice, compliant, and silent ever stopped oppression and racism? Never. If I ignore people who post racist things, then I my silence is their power. Then I am part of the problem. I don’t want to be part of the problem so I am trying to give people information as nicely as I can. No matter how nice I am there will always be people telling me that pointing out racism is mean.