Why is it, that when people are angry with a decision YOU make for YOURSELF, you're labelled a 'nigger'? now, I dont take offense to words, only actions. however, when you defend yourself, or ignore the accuser, you're considered 'KIKE/NIGGER/COAL BURNER' or something.
Im absolutely baffled by this racism, and Im just wondering if anyone here has dealt with it, is dealing with it, or knows how to go about resolving situations like these?
Its not the first time, and I don't think its appropriate to hear around children.
just my two cents.
I can say that I have never been called a nigger for anything I have decided about my kids, so you have me beat on that front!
The number of times I've been called a Nazi or a Pinko or Commie fag or spam shill is beyond counting, usually after a single interaction, regardless of anything else I might have said previously or thereafter.
The inability to think critically by 99.9% of the population is why this happens. It is why racism happens, it is why sexism happens, it is why ugly nationalism happens, it is why people call you names after one response that is even slightly critical of something they said.
The whole sticks and stones thing used to hurt, and then I picked up Discourses by Epictetus, and that one really hit home for me. That was the philosophy of life I had been searching for - I had confidence in my thoughts, but was afraid of what others might say (George McFly Syndrome) so just hid internally. Externally, i kowtowed to whoever was loudest and tried to most publicly humiliate me. Once I realized that the external doesn't matter, and that I can't please everyone, life got so much better and easier, and critical thinking brought me to that point.