Posted by alexandra_k on August 11, 2013, at 22:28:55
In reply to Re: Restoring Manic to Babble, posted by Willful on August 11, 2013, at 15:41:06
> Bob doesn't seem to understand the nails-on-blackboard effect of his little question, "would anyone like to help support X in avoiding a block?"
> We all cringe when we hear this, which in this culture is so infantilizing, and sounds like a parody of the 2nd or third grade prattling teacher's question, "are you all being good little girls and boys?" I don't think Bob understands how that question sounds to the ear of those of us who are entirely adapted to the culture of late 20th and early 21st century America- otherwise there is no way that he could keep repeating it--
> And then sometimes I begin to wonder if it doesn't represent his attitude toward us, that we are somehow mentally backward, nonpeers, and not to be respected and addressed as such.> Of course none of us is going to volunteer to "help" Manic be a good little boy.
Yes. I feel like this in response to some of the things he says on threads about blocked individuals, too.
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