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Micro aggressions, what are they and are they important?
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2017 Mar 21, 11:09am 2,028 views 12 comments
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Ceffer
2017 Mar 21, 11:15am
More like "micro defenses" against the array of banded, swilling lunatics who want to control every thought and action.
Tenpoundbass
2017 Mar 21, 11:27am
Oh and also say if you think micro aggressions are significant and what if anything should be done about them.
Decriminalize ass whoopings.
Ceffer
2017 Mar 21, 12:28pm
APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE says
So would shouting "CUNT! SUCK ME GOOD! AND! HARD! AND NO FACES WHEN I DELIVER UNTO YOU THE SANTIFYING BALM!" while wearing "FACE! It;s What's For Dinner!" T-shirt count as a macro aggression?
Compared to most liberal theories, it would come across as common sense.
georgeliberte
2017 Mar 21, 1:11pm
My neighbor woman has called me a 'white bastard", to which I microaggressively replied, "No in my culture we wait to have children after we are a married and my parents did." Later she called me a "motherfucker", to which I microaggressively replied, "No in my culture we do not have sex with our parents." I imagine this means I am racist and insensitive to her cultural norms.
Dan8267
2017 Mar 21, 4:00pm
Micro aggressions, what are they and are they important?
It's when Trump grabs your pussy with his tiny, tiny hands.
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2017 Mar 21, 6:55pm
No adult should reasonably be affected by the words some random person says.
Men who care about what other randoms say are hardly men at all. Probably why so many beta males out there nowadays.
Shaman
2017 Mar 21, 8:23pm
No adult should reasonably be affected by the words some random person says.
I'm going to focus on this statement a bit. What is a micro aggression? Well, it's a statement made as a product of a stereotype or generalization. Bbbbut those are bad, you say! Um, actually generalizations are what our brains are wired to do. There's simply too much information produced by our senses to take in and assimilate it all, so our brain learns to categorize so we can make sense of it all. We make generalizations because they are generally true, and this serves us well enough to have been incorporated into our evolutionary make-up. First, we generalize, then we specify an individual circumstance. This is human nature. People of all races and ethnicities do it. And it results in "micro aggressions."
So are these micro aggressions significant? Only if you want to be an intolerant asshole. They are the product of fallible people using fallible human brains JUST LIKE YOURS! So to crack down on this is to berate all of humanity. People instinctively KNOW THIS and that's why the people who shriek and moan about micro aggressions are ridiculed as "special snowflakes." They rant about racism and intolerance when,in reality, they are the most intolerant of all people because they can't stand the failings common to all people!
In conclusion, have a sense of humor about the human condition. It's either laugh or wail, folks! And only one of those is scientifically proven to make you feel good.
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2017 Mar 21, 8:31pm
I'm gonna quote Ben Shapiro:
"Hey gang, theyre sterotypes cause theyre true"
NDrLoR
2017 Mar 22, 9:13am
"Hey gang, theyre sterotypes cause theyre true"
You can call it explaining the obvious, which is a sad commentary about our culture today.
Let's start with a generally agreed upon definition.
Psychologist Derald Wing Sue defines microaggressions as "brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership".
According to Sue, microaggressions are different from overt, deliberate acts of bigotry, such as the use of racist epithets, because the people perpetrating microaggressions often intend no offense and are unaware they are causing harm."
- from Wikipedia
So this "group" could be any group, right? Dungeons and Dragons players may experience a wealth of micro aggressions from less geeky sorts who simply do not understand the intellectual excitement that can be had from an 18 hour campaign. Korean women may experience micro aggressions when asked about their driving habits. Puppeteers may be asked subtlely demeaning questions about their chosen profession like, "So, what's your day job?" or "Do you just really like children?"
Tall people constantly experience these things in form of, "you're like, twice the size of me!" and "Do you play basketball?"
Short people might be aggrieved when offered a step ladder for reaching that top shelf.
These can literally go on and on. I encourage everyone who wants to participate in this post with a comment to include an unusual micro aggression you have personally experienced! That would be quite interesting!
Oh and also say if you think micro aggressions are significant and what if anything should be done about them.