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Last week, I distributed an announcement calling for speakers for our upcoming annual conference. The announcement traveled hither and yon and ruffled some feathers on one email list because someone considered it to be spam. A half dozen posts were exchanged on the subject and someone asked why I even made the announcement.
Someone Else replied to the question as follows, “Because she (really a he) is desperate for content for the conference.”
I don’t know Someone Else, but he obviously knows about me.
I have no problem that people know about me. After all, I voluntarily outed myself in the amateur radio world, but was the “(really a he)” necessary?
I was annoyed, so I asked Someone Else that very question in a private email. So far, I have not received a reply.
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Hi Stana,
ReplyDeleteI will be surprised if you ever do. Keyboard warriors like to remain anonymous..!
The “she (really a he)” comment was IMO cowardly and totally unnecessary, and it tells you a lot about this guy. If he does not reply to your message and since you are totally out to your amateur radio organization, I would out him: make public his comment, your message and his lack of reply. We cannot allow this type of person to bully us into a closet... just my two cents...
ReplyDeleteStana, you probably won't receive a reply because the sender was called out on their prejudice, easy to do anonymously, but when confronted, not such a "big man" after all. Hugs Allison,
ReplyDeleteThe only reason for that comment was to inflict hurt. There was no practical reason to say to state that or share. --Paula G
ReplyDelete"Someone else" sounds a bit passive aggressive.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you feel about it but (rarely) I encounter some comment along this line.Before hand I tell myself that I will come up with some nasty verbal counter punch but when it does happen it just catches me completely off guard..
ReplyDeleteAt least with a written message you had some time to think it through Have you ever encountered this stuff verbally?
I keep telling myself that I will do better next time--Emily
Well at least you were not called a NAZI.....
ReplyDeleteHad that one thrown my way for Decades since the 80s.
I guess there will always be jerks out there, who need no excuse to practice their profession. However, I have noticed as I have gotten older 'snarky' comments seem to be thrown out there with less frequency. I openly femulate at every opportunity. Even the guys at my VFW Post know about Paulette, and we have a fully transitioned M-F at our Legion Post. Not only does anybody seem to care, she is an officer in the post. It has been my experience that those who are the most vocal are the ones most insecure about their sexuality!
ReplyDeleteThere is a strange mix of respect and disrespect in "She (really a he)...". Full disrespect would be to omit the "she". I feel like it is a partial win that the female pronoun was used at all. I guess this is "the glass is 1/4" vs. "3/4 empty" thinking.
ReplyDeleteI have found people who are disrespectful are looking to surround themselves with "like thinkers," people who are just as bigoted and narrow minded as themselves. To me, "Someone Else" is offering a commentary of hate.
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