how are we doing today gang? i think i caught a cold from flyering at pride last week. honestly i feel a little bummed that pride month is over, june is my favorite month and there aren’t any more good holidays till Halloween. I guess I’m ready for summer to be over. come chat vent and joke! em poc only!!

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Okay. I hear you, comrade. But you missed the entire point. I never said they were a bad person, quite the opposite.

And, yeah, you’re right, this isn’t reddit. You posted to a Leftist thread of BIPOC and said your friend held some racist ideas that you qualified for them because they’re your friend. If I have to explain to you why that might make someone here respond to you as I have, which has been respectful so far, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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Dude. I honestly don’t know what your problem is anymore and you’re starting to irritate me. At first I thought maybe I did something but I really don’t anymore.

Can you please point to one thing I said that was disrespectful? Someone saying your friend is racist for having racist beliefs isn’t an insult, even if they are your closest friend. And how did I not disengage? I didn’t respond further to any points other than to say I don’t think your friend is a bad person and if you uncritically bring up someone being racist on a Leftist BIPOC thread you shouldn’t be shocked that someone tells you that maybe they’re racist. By “disengage” did you mean “don’t reply” because that’s very different and, honestly, I don’t take well to that either. Block me if you want but don’t tell me when I can and can’t reply to a comment when I’m in no way harming or harassing or anything. If I need to shut up then I’ll take the order from Othello, who I also checked in with to see if I was in the wrong here but now I don’t think I am.

I know they’re your closest friend. I respect that and I wasn’t trying to start shit with you. I know you said you were feeling down and I thought it might help you to see your friend in that light so you could investigate it further together, addressing the cause rather than the symptom. I think you’ve totally misunderstood my point and intention from the start, and maybe you’re feeling especially vulnerable right now so you’re becoming hyper-defensive for your friend and maybe that’s part of it, but I’m not your enemy here and I’m not trying to start shit with you.

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