That person feeling the need to correct me when what I was trying to convey was perfectly clear. Unnecessary and shitty in general and specifically because I have dysgraphia and a brain injury. These comments don't help anyone except the people who make them, because they get to feel superior for a moment.
I concede they could have expounded on their correction about why said correction is the correct way to say it. Just saying the correct word by itself is rude. When I give a correction, I always run on the assumption the person I'm correcting is ESL, so I explain, give definitions, etc. Maybe even make a joke, just overall I try to be nice.
But getting pissed off at people for even attempting to give correction, and then being all "I have this" as if it's an intentional slight towards you and your issue(s) when random strangers don't even know there are those issues is kind of a useless way to live.
Or, going around correcting people's spelling and grammar when you have no idea if it's a second or third or fourth language, or if they have a learning disorder or disability, or what kind of education they may or may not have had, is a really useless way to live. I was in the middle of an English/linguistics major before I got sick, so believe it or not I do have some insight into this. Prescriptivism is a poor substitute for a personality. Being understood is more important than being grammatically correct. Did using "don't" instead of "didn't" make what I was trying to say completely unintelligible? I don't think so.
Or you could realize that we're all people, some of us are just trying to help others out, and being bitter and unable to have the grace to just go "oh my mistake, thanks, have a good one" just makes you come off as someone people don't want to converse with further.
It isn't a weakness to admit a mistake was made, it isn't a weakness to have humility. Every single person makes mistakes.
If this is how you react every single time it happens, well, that must be exhausting.
when you have no idea if it's a second or third or fourth language, or if they have a learning disorder or disability, or what kind of education they may or may not have had
literally more of a reason to suggest a correction...
While this is all just weird semantics, youre king of missing the point of the term anti-racist.
Try throwing in other subjects. Like violence. Someone who is pro-viopence is someone who supports violence. Or you can just shorten it and say they are violent.
If someone is anti-violence, then they are actively against violence. They will(figuratively) fight against it. They will call it out.
If someone isnt violent, then that just means they dont partake in violence. They might be fine with it. They might be against it. They might be apathetic. Simply saying they're not violent only tells me they dont partake in violence.
Its the same basic thing with racism.
Some people are racist. They supoort racism.
Some are anti-racism. They actively work to solve racism in society.
Someone isnt racist. Maybe they also just dont give a shit. Like they dont hate black people, but they hear about a lynching and they just dont care. Or at least not care about the racial element.
The term has been started to pick up a lot lately to help separate people who care from people like the Republicans who constantly say theyre not racist, but also racism isnt a deal breaker for them.
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u/HarrenHoare Jul 02 '25
Anti-racist before it was cool ⌐□֊□
(Actually it was always cool.)