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RogueHanger
I'm sorry if I'm boring you.I was always more of a lurker than regular poster, but recently I've been lurking elsewhere.
I come to DIY not for DIY discussion and a bit of light banter, not endless arguments about racism, perceived racism or the possible implyment of racism.
Which would you prefer, explicit racism, homophobia, islamophobia, etc, and other abuse going unchallenged, or criticism and challenge to that racial abuse?
I can keep up the challenge and ridicule of the habitual abusers for as long as they continue with their abuse.
Or would you pefer that I stop challenging that abuse and allow it to continue?
IMO, that is to acquiesce to racial and other abuse. Something that my values won't allow me to accept. If that makes me a target for the abusers, I can live with that.
It matters to me that I live by my values, and that includes challenging racial and other abuse.
If that means that GD forum descends into continual rounds of abuse, then the simple solution is to stop the abuse at source, i.e. racial and other abuse. Then there'd be no reason for me to be involved.
Surely the alternative is to allow the abuse to continue unabated.