Obama's Rhetoric is the Real Catastrophe

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Not sure what you mean right here... But whatever... Uhhhh, I guess Yes?

Well, I guess all I was trying to suggest is that some of us may talk more freely online than we would in real life.

ETA: if you all were over at my house, and one person was having the emotionally intense reaction that DS was having, I think the conversation would move on to something else pretty quick. I'd also be really worried that those of you who are Black/African American would think that I only wanted to grill you for opinions about racial stuff.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, I guess all I was trying to suggest is that some of us may talk more freely online than we would in real life.

I talk much more freely in real life about issues of race, class, and gender.

I talk pretty freely on GC but it's a completely different level in real life.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I talk much more freely in real life about issues of race, class, and gender.

I talk pretty freely on GC but it's a completely different level in real life.

And I think if I knew you in real life, I would talk pretty freely with you. But I don't like feeling like I might be putting people on the spot.

If I had a more racially balanced group of co-workers and friends, I don't think it would be a big a deal. But if a group is already in the minority, I don't want to put individuals in the spokesman/woman for the race kind of role.

(although I think it would be pretty funny to be the spokeswoman for white suburban Americans. I'd like to be called on to explain jello salad with marshmallows to someone from a different culture)

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

And I think if I knew you in real life, I would talk pretty freely with you. But I don't like feeling like I might be putting people on the spot.

If I had a more racially balanced group of co-workers and friends, I don't think it would be a big a deal. But if a group is already in the minority, I don't want to put individuals in the spokesman/woman for the race kind of role.

(although I think it would be pretty funny to be the spokeswoman for white suburban Americans. I'd like to be called on to explain jello salad with marshmallows to someone from a different culture)

Okay first of all, my mom HATED jello salad with marshmmallows so i NEVER had it growing up. I am so deprived.

Secondly, I'm glad to hear that people are aware of such things as I bolded -- I never assumed that people who were not minorities ever thought about it like that.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Okay first of all, my mom HATED jello salad with marshmmallows so i NEVER had it growing up. I am so deprived.

Secondly, I'm glad to hear that people are aware of such things as I bolded -- I never assumed that people who were not minorities ever thought about it like that.

I will totally make you Jello salad with all kinds of stuff in it.

The thing you've bolded; important step for people who are involved in multicultural/ethnic/economic etc. situations. Just because one person who identifies with a group says or does something, doesn't mean all people who are also self identifying feel, act, or think the same way. I've seen some well intentioned, yet unsavvy people make some situations pretty awkward by saying something that may be fine with certain people, and not others.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Okay first of all, my mom HATED jello salad with marshmmallows so i NEVER had it growing up. I am so deprived.

Secondly, I'm glad to hear that people are aware of such things as I bolded -- I never assumed that people who were not minorities ever thought about it like that.

Well, I wasn't always aware of it, but I think that if you teach, you think a lot about your obligation to your students and then you generalize.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

If I had a more racially balanced group of co-workers and friends, I don't think it would be a big a deal. But if a group is already in the minority, I don't want to put individuals in the spokesman/woman for the race kind of role.

Did you by chance catch what AG Holder said on that topic?

A NATION OF COWARDS

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, I guess all I was trying to suggest is that some of us may talk more freely online than we would in real life.

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

I speak freely no matter what media I use. I have been trained to show that parity wherever I go.

But you do bring up an interesting point, why is what you write brings more weight to the "conversation" than what you say publicly? I am attempting to research that concept myself...

I am not a communications expert. No way, no how...

And that's just me as a person... People that have gotten to know me personally from online media have made their own determinations... You would have to ask them. Some people will NEVER know me personally or otherwise. So they choose to believe whatever they want. So what?

Please expound if I did not answer your question. Thanks.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

LOL

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

So you want another session DrPhil with me?

Dr AKA_Monet...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

So you want another session DrPhil with me?

Dr AKA_Monet...

LOL Does it have to be serious?

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL Does it have to be serious?

Well, that means to me you are choosing to engage in a conversation with me. What that means to me is you are choosing to have another session with me, DrPhil...

We are NOT friends or buddies. I do not trust you. So, any interaction I have with you is serious...

That is how I "roll"...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Well, that means to me you are choosing to engage in a conversation with me. What that means to me is you are choosing to have another session with me, DrPhil...

We are NOT friends or buddies. I do not trust you. So, any interaction I have with you is serious...

That is how I "roll"...

LOL

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

I speak freely no matter what media I use. I have been trained to show that parity wherever I go.

But you do bring up an interesting point, why is what you write brings more weight to the "conversation" than what you say publicly? I am attempting to research that concept myself...

I am not a communications expert. No way, no how...

And that's just me as a person... People that have gotten to know me personally from online media have made their own determinations... You would have to ask them. Some people will NEVER know me personally or otherwise. So they choose to believe whatever they want. So what?

Please expound if I did not answer your question. Thanks.

Yeah, I think everyone here is a willing participant and that's why we talk about what we talk about. In real life, it can be harder not to put people on the spot.

I talk pretty freely too, but I think I occasionally think before I speak more in real life about how what I say may permanently affect my relationships with other people. It matters more to me in real life that a person has become upset or angry than it matters here. I care about other people's comfort; on GreekChat, I assume that if you're in the news and politics forum, you like to mix it up.

There's also a matter of risk that exist when we talk about race or class or gender in real life. Some people are interested in classifying others and treating them differently based on that classification. Here, there are very few consequences.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I talk pretty freely too, but I think I occasionally think before I speak more in real life about how what I say may permanently affect my relationships with other people. It matters more to me in real life that a person has become upset or angry than it matters here. I care about other people's comfort; on GreekChat, I assume that if you're in the news and politics forum, you like to mix it up.

There's also a matter of risk that exist when we talk about race or class or gender in real life. Some people are interested in classifying others and treating them differently based on that classification. Here, there are very few consequences.

No slight to you but I would like to believe that you think before you say anything regardless of the medium.

I don't think there is that much difference on how some feel whether in real life on on the boards.

There is always risk but if you are willing to take it depends on what reward you are looking for in the final outcome...agreed?