re: #118 Ascher

Happy to have a discussion about the subjectivity of experience and how our personal backgrounds inform our interpretation of the world around us.

I grew up having to fight every school break because I am Jewish. On the way home, I would be intercepted by groups of kids who yanked my yarmulke off my head and played “keepaway” with it. I was in fistfights every school day from 3rd grade until 9th grade.
Yeah, I’m a bit sensitive.

Well, I think we can all appreciate and understand your being sensitive. However, and I say this from personal experience, we cannot allow ourselves to become so sensitive that we constantly lash out at well-meaning allies and friends over misunderstandings. If we do that we only hurt ourselves, our allies, and our cause.