(April 27, 2016 at 3:33 pm)Alex K Wrote: I imagine that the act of correcting grammar can be a classist or racist act e.g. if one does it specifically in order to dismiss e.g. speakers of certain sociolects and their ideas and issues based on that. It's often done, I just did it in another thread, in a way.
I have been known to dismiss someone completely based on my assumption that only speaking in texty talk means they're not very smart. It might be wrong, but it's not racist. I suppose it could be for some people but it seems weird to me.
