Literally that one girl was trying to educate herself, she asked if you could explain it for her. Then you tell her to shut the * up, and then immediately after, you berate her for not educating herself. Just… What? If you want people to educate themselves about your cause, maybe you shouldn’t get angry at them for doing that.

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Mod response:

First of all, read the fucking FAQ. Always and forever, read the fucking FAQ.

Second, educating oneself means taking responsibility for one’s own education by going out and reading some of the millions of words already written by activists for the express purpose of educating people. Or, possibly, going to a blog that is specifically an education blog and asking them. It is not going to a blog that does not regularly do education and demand that they educate you. We do not owe anyone an education. It is not our job to educate you. We are not paid to do so. There are lots and lots of resources out there, and if you are truly interested in learning, go google for it.

Not everyone wants to do education. Not everyone is good at doing education. Even people who are good at it and want to do it don’t want to do it all the fucking time.

And, by the way, if the “question” you’re referring to is the one yesterday, with “how can it be a privilege”? That’s the asker attempting to educate themselves, it’s a statement of their belief with a question mark on the end. There’s a difference.

Ignorant people need to take charge of their OWN education, not demand that other people feed it to them in little bite-sized nuggets. That person clearly did not even understand what the fuck privilege actually is. They need to go google “privilege” and maybe “invisible knapsack” and a few other incredibly basic documents, if what they really want is to understand, instead of asking the first fat activists they come across. This one didn’t even bother to read the FAQ or search the blog, either. We really are not the blog to ask remedial-level questions about activism and justice, because nine times out of ten, we will cuss at you. And then some asshole like you will turn up to scold us for it, and we’ll cuss you out, too.

FUCK OFF, TONE TROLL.

-MG