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In reply to the discussion: Dear White America: Its time to get the message [View all]M0rpheus
(885 posts)Mostly because it's unimportant and, tone policing is usually employed to derail an argument.
If I were to literally drop permutations of the word "fuck" in the appropriate places in my statements, would that make them less valid? Taking offense at the "fucks" I've given you, allows you to completely ignore the rest of the statement and turn the argument around to how you want me to act in order for you to possibly acknowledge the original argument. Either you accept the premise of the argument and discuss it, or you don't. How I said it, shouldn't matter.
Now, Color of Change is an organization. It's to their benefit as an organization to moderate their tone, particularly in their mission statement (which is what you posted). I can assure you that the words expressed in the OP are not unknown there, however.
I think you're asking a lot of people who have legitimate issues to express themselves in a manner that suits you. That's just the way I see it.
Your original comment came off as tone deaf when added to a conversation that was basically saying "Black lives matter". I responded to it as it was given rather than talk about the tone I got from it, as I thought it was worth giving you my opinion rather than telling you how you could get me to listen.