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I agree with you entirely. And the thing is, it is a microaggresion. How convenient is it that it is something that most reasonable people would consider to be not consciously noticeable. Awfully convenient to be able to sling around these terms that a person cannot reasonably defend themselves from. This is on the same level as trying to prove that something doesn't exist eg I am not a --- (fill in the blank) is akin to Unicorns don't exist. You can't do it! But, hey, I guess people who just want to assume the worst in everybody are winning these days?



Anything (and I do mean anything) can be perceived as a microaggression towards a person if they try hard enough to twist the other person's motives.

Negativity feeds into itself.




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