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Message: [QUOTE="NSW stables, post: 3594983, member: 10150"] But it is not about you. It is a bigger issue than how things would make you feel. Your 7 year old fat shaming may not affect you, but you not calling it out as inappropriate means that your 7 year old accepts this as normal/reasonable and behaviour that is not upsetting to anyone. Your 7 year old then grows up and begins fat shaming preteen and teen girls already sensitive about their bodies leading to more harmful reactions for them (I.e. eating disorders). Similar issue here. If someone calls me a monkey, it might not affect me, but by ignoring it, that lax attitude continues and can be more harmful to others. Accepting that indigenous folk who have historically been treated as subhuman can be called monkeys without repercussions is fucking disgrace. If you can't see that, or have the empathy to see how this may affect others growing up in that community and seeing that you are still viewed by some as subhuman (and this is being accepted as a simple sledge) would have on a person, it says quite a bit about yourself. PS I am not a lefty, I simply have a reasonable amount of empathy. [/QUOTE]

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