Let me get this straight.
You guys think black people can’t have an opinion on this ESPN thing.
That would be incorrect. Please do not put words in my mouth. Unlike some people, I would never say someone can’t have an opinion due to skin color. Nor would I call an opinion lecturing due to the skin color of the opinion holder. Nor would I hold a holier than thou attitude towards someone because of their skin color/gender.
I don’t know how you can pretend you’re not policing people’s opinions.
I am not policing people’s opinions, I am giving my own opinions.
There are plenty of things you’ve gotten offended by here (whether it be about religion, America, or what have you). How would you feel if you felt uncomfortable about something and then someone told you your feelings were unreasonable?
I have been told that many times. It doesn’t change this:
Fact: People sometimes get offended at things that aren’t reasonable to be offended over.
Some complaints are reasonable and some aren’t. I am entitle to have an opinion on what is and is not reasonable and I am entitled to speak that opinion. I am sick and tired of my opinions being devalued due to my race.
I seem to recall a moment recently when Fanfiltration made light of your father’s death. You weren’t to happy about that were you? And he told you it was nothing to get worked up over, but it wasn’t his place to say that. They were your feelings and you had a right to your own reaction.
The thing that really upset me there was not his initial comment, it when I told him I didn’t his comment was funny, he told me to go f___ myself.
Please understand that black people have a right to their own feelings and a right to feel uncomfortable by things that might not make you feel anything.
agreed. But sometimes people feel uncomfortable about ridiculous things, things that really shouldn’t make them uncomfortable. Also some people look for things to feel uncomfortable about. I think some people claim something makes them feel uncomfortable when it actually does not. Some people have agendas.
That’s what Frink means when he talks about white priveledge. He’s not being “bigoted” against white people, he’s just saying that maybe, just maybe, it’s possible that people of other races might be offended by things that don’t make you feel anything,
I agree, it is possible. But just because something doesn’t make me feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean I can’t see how it is reasonable that something would make a black person feel uncomfortable. In this case, I am just not seeing it. I think I have the right to say that I am not seeing. I think should be able to give my opinions on these without getting an attitude from Frink and told I am lecturing black people or policing black people’s opinions all because of the color of my skin.
and it’s not really your place to call their feelings unreasonable.
I have the right to my opinion and I have the right to speak it.