there is something many of you are clearly forgetting, or simply choosing to ignore: I WAS WRONG AND I ADMITTED IT VERY EARLY ON. but goddamn, some of you are so "anti-pc" that a burning cross planted in front of rosa park's house wouldn't be considered offensive. and before you start, no, my situation wasn't 1/1000 of something like that. but let's revisit what the situation was:
1. thought someone said "beloved patriot" to me in a derogatory way while knowing i'm jewish
2. posted on atot, wondering if i should talk to the person to find out exactly what she said
3. found out it was a misunderstanding
i'm dropping it. i heard wrong, i admitted it the second i found out. but many of you are accusing me of being overly sensitive for believing someone used what i thought was an offensive slur. i can't understand that. if (hypothetically) someone had called me a "beloved patriot," there would seem to be very little in the way of disapproval. i'm not pc. i thought i heard something i didn't, and when i found out i was wrong everything went back to normal. but many of you are so knee-jerk anti-pc that you're completely deadend. you have no feelings; you can't imagine anything being so offensive as to actually cause distress to someone unless they're bleeding as a result. and, believe it or not, i'm actually happy for you, because you probably can't ever experience anything like being the target of racism. but racism doesn't get dealt with by being ignored, it gets dealt with by being confronted, educated, and told it's wrong. and although i'm not by any means looking out for opportunities to be offended, and i know it didn't happen in this instance, if it does happen you better fvcking believe i'm not going to pretend it didn't.