Oct 16th 2020, 14:56:01
Lol red. Half the pages you were posting on facebook when I commented on your posts 2 times 8 months ago have been banned for being either qanon or russian troll farms. You were actually reposting propaganda, and my comments such as "man, I feel like the russians dont even try to use proper grammar anymore" were, unsurprisingly, both funny and valid. But did you see me take any of that to heart? Did I tell you it offended me? Not so much bud.
What's funny to me is that the opposite of what you're saying is actually true. Ignoring it made it worse. It's a fact of what happened. Putting the breaks on it, calling people out for it and asking for change has been far more effective. Keep in mind here, I was literally gone for 6 months and there was a DERRICK IS A PEDOPHILE post in a completely serious tone within a solid 2 weeks of my return. And the person who posted it was like "awe cmon Derrick you used to be able to take a joke."
Funny, that person hasn't pinged me with their homophobia since then. Like, it stopped. It never did before. But getting reported and banned, and getting told it needed to stop by me was the first they stopped pinging me with it. They thought totally deadpan homophobia was something I enjoyed and had a laugh about. SOL on 1a has also seen this play out, and has made a stand internally against homophobia and racism as well. I wish you were correct tho. I wish it was just trolling and something that would go away if I ignored it. Unfortunately, that's not the case, and being this way about it has been wildly more effective.