S/O - What’s up with AEM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

Yes - and apparently no one can ask for civil discourse because some people are “uncomfortable every day”. I think about what it must be like to be a parent of color frequently and I want to do my part to make our community more inclusive. But yelling at people online, name calling and race shaming just turns off potential allies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Telling someone about "white fragility" is a reminder to not just get automatically defensive about these issues and to try and think about what people of color are saying and to not frame things in your terms and to listen without saying "but I'm not like that." There's a big difference between that being told that you as an individual person are being racist because you think we should have an experienced DA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

Well, for groups that have a history of being jumped on physically, the seeming equation of physical violence with Internet snippiness is pretty shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

Well, for groups that have a history of being jumped on physically, the seeming equation of physical violence with Internet snippiness is pretty shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

Well, for groups that have a history of being jumped on physically, the seeming equation of physical violence with Internet snippiness is pretty shameful.

Yup. It’s nonsense like this response that’s is so alienating and is going to lose people for Tafti because you can’t be civil. (I.e. calling someone shameful for their wording). The hilarious part is that the people being bullied are all Democrats, never Trumpers, and potential allies who don’t like being shamed or called racists. It’s amazing to me that people can’t engage in civil conversation (despite their frustrations) to accomplish a goal.

[Anonymous]

OMG - this post has become AEM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG - this post has become AEM!

It was just a matter of time. As much as some people on AEM act disgusted by dcum and deny that they frequent it, they are here.

[Anonymous]

I look forward to the election being over after tomorrow.

To the Tafti supporters who have made their way over - At this point you have made multiple claims that ended up being either completely false or severely misrepresented about Stamos. You can present whatever stories about your friend's child that you want at this point, I am not going to believe you are giving an accurate representation of the situation. You are too biased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the election being over after tomorrow.

To the Tafti supporters who have made their way over - At this point you have made multiple claims that ended up being either completely false or severely misrepresented about Stamos. You can present whatever stories about your friend's child that you want at this point, I am not going to believe you are giving an accurate representation of the situation. You are too biased.

Yes! And I’m sure your kid’s friend and his parents didn’t really appreciate you sharing that experience on their behalf, especially since you are “waiting for more details” which surely will fit your narrative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the election being over after tomorrow.

To the Tafti supporters who have made their way over - At this point you have made multiple claims that ended up being either completely false or severely misrepresented about Stamos. You can present whatever stories about your friend's child that you want at this point, I am not going to believe you are giving an accurate representation of the situation. You are too biased.

Yes! And I’m sure your kid’s friend and his parents didn’t really appreciate you sharing that experience on their behalf, especially since you are “waiting for more details” which surely will fit your narrative.

+1

Such an invasion of privacy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

Well, for groups that have a history of being jumped on physically, the seeming equation of physical violence with Internet snippiness is pretty shameful.

Seems like you need a support group. AEM is not your personal support group for managing the pains of discrimination. AEM is a forum to discuss education topics in Arlington. There may be relevant topics related to discrimination, but there are many topics - don't crowd out or bully out other topics and opinions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. If you speak out against anything with the challenger’s campaign, you are painted as a racist and the mob will jump on you.

What was that about supposed allies not being fragile?

Are you in genuine fear for your physical safety because things got heated on a FB discussion?

Verbally jump on you, obviously.

Well, for groups that have a history of being jumped on physically, the seeming equation of physical violence with Internet snippiness is pretty shameful.

Seems like you need a support group. AEM is not your personal support group for managing the pains of discrimination. AEM is a forum to discuss education topics in Arlington. There may be relevant topics related to discrimination, but there are many topics - don't crowd out or bully out other topics and opinions.

More and more, however, topics seem to be tangentially related and only by a stretched rationale. General articles illustrating the power and determination of women overcoming obstacles, for instance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the election being over after tomorrow.

To the Tafti supporters who have made their way over - At this point you have made multiple claims that ended up being either completely false or severely misrepresented about Stamos. You can present whatever stories about your friend's child that you want at this point, I am not going to believe you are giving an accurate representation of the situation. You are too biased.

Yes! And I’m sure your kid’s friend and his parents didn’t really appreciate you sharing that experience on their behalf, especially since you are “waiting for more details” which surely will fit your narrative.

+1

Such an invasion of privacy!

Right! They don't even know why the child was arrested, but several people are up in arms that it isn't fair or that the bond was unreasonable. Why is the first step always to jump to bad intentions? I don't think anyone needs to know why the kid was arrested (for a crime, obviously) b/c it is no one's business. That is exactly why it SHOULDN'T be on AEM. What is wrong with that poster?