Posted by gardenergirl on January 17, 2007, at 9:28:22
In reply to well thanks gg, posted by one woman cine on January 16, 2007, at 13:24:47
> for clarifying that. Golly! Maybe I'm being "senstive" but your post sets off my "sarcasm detector".
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> "Mel, just kick me if you wish, because I know you can speak for yourself.
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> However, I'm going to speak, too. Hope that's okay with you, onewomancine."
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> I'm sure that's not your intended effect, though, right?
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> ((((gg)))Both of those statements were made, with a wink to Auntie Mel, as a response to your question to KK: "& you are also fairly confident you can speak for someone else?" We've all got different thresholds for deciding what's X and what's not. Personally, my sensitivity fluctuates throughout the month (darned hormones!), so I might be just as likely to read my post the way you did if it were someone else's I didn't know.
I'm sorry if my words and the possible tone that came across seemed disrespectful to you. I do understand your points, and I agree with most of them. I think I'd be more likely to focus on support for Deneb in this thread, though. Your supportive posts for her are great, btw.
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> People other than Babblers read this bb and I'm not sure if they would necessarily have that same view.I'm not sure what you are referring to here.
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> People on babble are extremely sensitive to issues of mental health, in particular. I have seen people hurt by the stigma of mental illness.
> Just as it's not OK to stereotype mental illness, it's not OK to stigmatize any other group of people either.I agree it's not ok to stigmatize others and that there is a great deal of unfair and damaging stigma associated with mental illness. Still, and I say this with a broad wink, grin, lack of criticism, and lack of malice...um, is there a common "sensitivity" for "people on Babble"? We're all sensitive? ;) Just a point that it's a common and in many ways quite efficient cognitive process to form generalities about groups. It's when we make assumptions based on those generalities and worse, act on them without thought for individual differences that this cognitive "shortcut" breaks down.
Thanks for the hug and right back atcha. :)
gg
namaste
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