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In reply to the discussion: What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)But that is no excuse for going around actively looking for things to be outraged about. The context in which this discussion arose was the thread about the young AA woman who was outraged, seemingly because at a dance music festival, there were white kids wearing dreadlocks and smoking weed and she was outraged.
imagine that - college age kids wearing unusual hair styles and smoking weed - IOW acting like college kids. Horrors!
It isn't mentally healthy to go around looking for things to be outraged about. If someone is intentionallytreating you badly, for whatever reason, you will be able to recognize it. if it's unintentional, be a grown-up and move on. I am on the Spectrum and am very aware of slights I receive because I am Asperger's. What I DO NOT do is go around looking for trivial shit to be pissed off about. The REAL slights and problems I encounter are enough. I don't go around imagining or looking for additional ones.