tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post1624999271484178106..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Anything I Haven't Personally Experienced Isn't Realhabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-55642532379607343012008-05-11T01:32:00.000-04:002008-05-11T01:32:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks, Amelia! It is really nice to get the...Hey, thanks, Amelia! It is really nice to get the head-nod from someone whose blog I enjoy reading as much as I do yours. <BR/><BR/>The fact that empathy is so hard for people though is just depressing.habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-9571600029419682232008-05-09T00:52:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:52:00.000-04:00Just wanted to chime in, a bit late, I realize, ab...Just wanted to chime in, a bit late, I realize, about how wonderful this post is.<BR/><BR/>I think it's very healthy for people to be getting constant reminders that just because they haven't experiences something doesn't mean that it's not real.<BR/><BR/>Too often we become blind to the experiences of others, and that can have horrible consequences.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-46666540626496864502008-05-07T18:32:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:32:00.000-04:00Back at you - you hit the nail on the head by ackn...Back at you - you hit the nail on the head by acknowledging that a "general lack of compassion, a general unwillingness to accept people as they are, a rush to negatively judge someone" is at the heart of the problem. <BR/><BR/>Some of this rush to judge seems like defensiveness to me - if we can just blame the victim of discrimination, then we're off the hook for our ignorance. You can't be habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-8282666555857615422008-05-07T18:25:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:25:00.000-04:00Brilliant, laPH! :)Brilliant, laPH! :)Mächtige Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219533750806088376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-17932988509305837372008-05-07T18:22:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:22:00.000-04:00Too many people believe that sexism, racism, homop...Too many people believe that sexism, racism, homophobia, and antisemitism are only problems when some event prompts discussion of them on the nightly news. They don't see that people's daily lives are constantly affected by intolerances and prejudices that are still very real in our society. The freedom not to be a treated as a freak show is really valuable, and many privileged people don't habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-23633802580420875032008-05-07T12:15:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:15:00.000-04:00I hardly think the take home message to the post w...I hardly think the take home message to the post was simply the "people look at me funny" concept. Paranoia is not this issue. A general lack of compassion, a general unwillingness to accept people as they are, a rush to negatively judge someone simply due to a lack of understanding, and the fact that no one who has not experienced some sort of true, unfounded discrimination can ever really Mächtige Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219533750806088376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-80085147960407606732008-05-07T11:28:00.000-04:002008-05-07T11:28:00.000-04:00I don't see why people looking at you a lot is su...I don't see why people looking at you a lot is supposed to be some sort of serious hardship. We're doing pretty well as a country if all anyone has to complain about is 'people keep looking at me funny.' Maybe it's just paranoia and people should get over themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-37015110824006785352008-05-06T22:06:00.000-04:002008-05-06T22:06:00.000-04:00Its hard to grow up in this country and not unders...Its hard to grow up in this country and not understand that antisemitism existed. I just didn't think people still thought that way. But the specific instance.. I don't really remember. Just something that this kid said out of the blue about jews.Casmallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707953002695900950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-65529013708222551492008-05-06T11:19:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:19:00.000-04:00Do you remember the moment that brought antisemiti...Do you remember the moment that brought antisemitism into view for you?habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-70078556577172547072008-05-05T23:55:00.000-04:002008-05-05T23:55:00.000-04:00I had a similar experience! I was well into my te...I had a similar experience! I was well into my teens before I found that antisemitism was a modern phenomena. It just seemed ridiculous that people thought this way.Casmallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707953002695900950noreply@blogger.com