[Tyria Pride 2022!]

On 6/14/2022 at 1:21 AM, lehmunayde.1746 said:

 

I think you're still missing it- once again, this is a forum pertaining to a videogame, in particular a thread concerning information about a pride event. This is really, really not the place to go into someone's personal trauma, what happened, the reason for the language. If she feels strongly compelled about this, there are therapists who can help her unpack etc. Her posts bring no constructive criticism to this event, and simply make claims about the charity it supports. 

There is a place for her views, it is simply not here. I completely agree with you- people should be allowed to hold and express differing opinions, but there is a time and a place to do so. I'm not advocating that her viewpoint is silenced, only that she thinks about the best place to express it- again, something I clearly conveyed in my previous posts.

Her intention is clearly not the healing and support you talk about, I'm not quite sure where you got that impression. I'm sorry you feel unwelcome by my response, but I'm curious as to what about her 'privileged westoids' rhetoric made you feel at home? I'm sure you can agree that at the very least, civility is important when discussing issues in a time of healing.

I do agree that she was a bit too dismissive of those who may be helped by this event and I do wish that she gave more information to back up her claims, if only for the sake of being more informed about the Rainbow Railroad. But she is also a person who's a part of the LGBTQ+ community which this charity claims to represent and assist. So if she has qualms with the event and the charity which it supports, then this is exactly the place and time for her to give voice to what she believes, and it would be hypocritical to be dismissive of her solely because of that.

 

Of course, you are also free to put out your own opinion on her views however much you want. But it is my own view that you are, at least in these posts, not maintaining the same civility which you claim is important for discussions such as these, when you say that this is not the place for expressing her views. I do still wish she would have expanded on those views, so that we could know what exactly her concerns are, but claiming that this isn't the place for her to post about them at all isn't very conductive towards discussion either.

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