"Cultural Appropriation"

[bennyboy]

Sensitive or insensitive, champ?

Yep, you got me.

The only way to guarantee that nobody wonders about your motivations at ridiculing someone is not to ridicule them.

Don't care if they wonder at my motivations. I'm not sure what gave you that idea.

Because when I questioned your motivations, you went feral. And you're still talking about that initial encounter.

You did ridicule Tiz, and I do wonder at your motivations, and said so.

I never said I didn't ridicule Tiz. Don't give a fuck if I did. I only said I didn't dismiss him or her. My motivations are simple. I think being a pissy bitch about a dreamcatcher is lame. I'm not going to show it any more respect than the cross. That was pretty easy to suss out. Not sure what you've still got to wonder about.

I agree with you about the dreamcatcher, in that I don't really care that much either. However, Tiz is just about the best example of a cultural appropriation claim that I could think of. I might not act on his wishes (I'm gonna be embarrassed if Tiz is a "she"), but there's no real reason to insult someone who has a legitimate beef against the culture he lvies in.

Tough shit if you don't like it.

Lucky you, I don't mind.

Yeah, I can see that and respect that.

Hey, have at it if you want to buy into this cultural appropriation sobfest.

You might want to check again who the OP was, and what they said.

Reading comprehension matters. Firstly, you now think I'm entitled? Hilarious. No, that's seriously hilarious. You really can't read people, can you? Also, I didn't say your native background was trivial. You said it was trivial, dinglebert. You brought up amounts of native blood. I don't think there is any native enough. If you identify as native, you do. If you don't, you don't. I don't care remotely. I can't believe you're attributing shit you said to me. Bizarre.

I said that even though I'm native, since I don't really associate with that culture, I'm not in a position to speak for natives. You said I'd be surprised just how very native you are, and I'm making assumptions about your non-nativeness, etc. etc. I can produce quotes if you don't think you said that.