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In reply to the discussion: Re Wypipo and Divisiveness [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)The Oxford Dictionary defines Discord as disagreement between people.
Are you saying that the term Wypipo is a terrible thing because people disagree about it? Is everything that people disagree with verboten on DU.
Forbidding discussion on anything that people disagree with would certainly should streamline this board. Wed be left with little more than puppy videos.
No - that wont work, either. Wed still have to deal with all of the discord between the puppy people and the kitten people ...
Now, how about answering my other questions?
1. Who does it divide and what does that division look like/mean?
2. If the term "Wypipo" causes a divide, what was the layout of views about race, racism, discrimination, privilege before the word turned up on DU a couple of weeks ago? Were the people who are now divided as set forth in the response to Question 1 all on the same side of these issues with no disagreements or dissent between them but now are different sides because someone began discussing the word on DU?
3. If you consider yourself to be an ally in the fight for racial justice, has the fact that a stranger whom you don't know and will likely never meet wrote the term "Wypipo" on an anonymous online discussion board changed your opinion, perspective or behavior vis a vis racial justice?
4. If your answer to Question 3 is yes, please explain how your opinion, perspective or behavior vis a vis racial justice has changed in the past couple of weeks? For example, did the word "Wypipo" make you less likely to continue fighting for racial justice?