BB whines about not being taken seriously or something...
BainsBane (27,036 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025236523
How would you feel? If you posted a story about a family struggling to make ends meet, to put food on the table, and someone came along and posted statistics talking bout how starvation rates are down? How would you feel if you posted about the heinous murder of a child, and someone came along and posted a chart saying, child murder really isn't very common anymore. It's not a crisis.
You might feel just like I did when I posted about young Jada's gang rape and humiliation via social media and someone came along and posted a chart insisting rape wasn't really a crisis.
How would you interpret such responses? I interpret them as diminishing the experiences of people suffering poverty, murder, and rape. If I make a point about statistics, then responding with a counterpoint is within the bounds of acceptable debate. My view is that such a response is it at best insensitive when the context is not about patterns but a victim's experience.
Crime is down. That doesn't mean there isn't crime happening, BB. You need to stop emoting all over the floor. It's going to stain the carpet.
djean111 (3,556 posts)
1. Also today someone posted about disheartening it is to not be able to get
a job that paid enough to live on, and was treated to a chart of how much better things are under Obama, asking if they had seen the chart.
Well... that's just propaganda and lies.
BainsBane (27,036 posts)
2. Yep, that's exactly the sort of thing. WTF is wrong with people? Why do that? Is their agenda really more important than a person's suffering?
All you DUmpmonkiez personal feelings are more important that everyone else's feelings, BB.
hrmjustin (40,859 posts)
4. I just read it and it pissed me off! Some people just don't get it. Some people think that discussing rape is an attack on men. Until we break down that view the horrific numbers of rapes in this world will continue.
All rape is an attack on men in DU, hrm. Oh- and over all? The numbers of rapes are dropping [in the US]
BainsBane (27,036 posts)
5. Exactly. Diminishing the experience of rape victims is part of the propagation of rape culture.
MohRokTah (2,149 posts)
7. Men want to diminish the impact of sexual crimes against women.
Many will do anything to accomplish that. It's just another sign of how sick our society is because the fact is, many women choose not to report their rapists and there are no statistics to show if that number is growing.
See? An attack on men.
nomorenomore08 (10,389 posts)
11. Thank you for articulating why certain posts in that thread made me (and others) uncomfortable. n/t
DU for a large part [nadin] makes me uncomfortable.
