social media unpleasantness

Just got into an argument with someone who wanted to say that "all racism is bad, and calling a white cop a 'white bastard' is racism".

Context is that Sam Kerr, golden girl of Aussie football, is being brought up by the UK police on charges of racial vilification. Except that the initial announcement didn't say what the racial vilification was, so a lot of people were pretty anxious, not least because Kerr has Indian ancestry and knows all about being rather less 'whiter than white' in western countries, and areas that aren't racially diverse.

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Anyway, that was my day. I'm kind of dreading getting off my workspace and getting onto my phone. That's a new experience for sure.

set me questions (March memeness)

I don't always get through these things, but I feel like rambling (or possibly ranting) about stuff in the next couple of weeks.

Could be about life, my thoughts on politics, my rambles on any topic, fandom or fannish stuff if you want to go down that route...

Depending on how many answers I get, I'll post a few a day.

Strangers welcome, too. If you're passing my journal, more than welcome to toss a question (or a few) in there!