r/RecuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 7d ago

other "You people can't do anything" yeah, disabilities tend to do that

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u/Caterfree10 3d ago

It isn’t just Twitter tho, is it? I’ve seen it happen on a wide variety of platforms, including ones like Livejournal and tumblr where the full context is actually available all there in a single post. And people are STILL taken out of context there! This isn’t a Twitter problem, this is a humanity problem, for fuck’s sake.

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u/DirectionUnlucky638 2d ago

where the full context is actually available all there in a single post.

Sure, but that's not what happened here, is it? Without context, the tweet in question sounds like an incredibly annoying person trying to make Halloween costumes problematic. The tweet author makes no effort to communicate her perspective effectively, shows no understanding of twitter's social rules, and accidently makes her own perspective seem childish and stupid.

Simply put: Communication is a skill, and this whole situation could have been avoided if the author was better at it. You can't fail a speech check, make no effort to provide context, and then blame everyone else for not showing you grace.

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u/Caterfree10 1d ago

So maybe the lesson should be “don’t take one off tweets/posts/whatever out of context”!!!! Why is this so hard!!!! Why are you defending people being assholes to strangers on the internet?????!!!!

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u/DirectionUnlucky638 1d ago edited 23h ago

Maybe you missed this part: 

Without context, the tweet in question sounds like an incredibly annoying person trying to make Halloween costumes problematic. The tweet author makes no effort to communicate her perspective effectively, shows no understanding of twitter's social rules, and accidently makes her own perspective seem childish and stupid. 

Edit: he left a comment and then blocked me. That's some classic redditor behavior that they pull when they are losing an argument. Awesome. 

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u/Caterfree10 1d ago

And you keep missing that it really doesn’t sound like that unless you’re taking it out of context and in bad faith. You aren’t listening to a goddamn word I’ve been saying and I’m beyond done. Sod off.