Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
(CW/TW: Abuse) WCDT strips 3731-3735 (30th April to 4th May 2018)
chris73:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 May 2018, 12:49 ---You know, I think that some of you must be reading a different strip to me. She didn't 'bully' or 'intimidate' Claire. She made it abundantly clear that she expected Claire to be more considerate of her room-mates in future. Mostly because seeing a 'red tarantula' in the bath scared her out of her wits.
--- End quote ---
Yeah you're right, nothing intimidating about this at all: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2930 which is where Marten, knowing all about Faye, should have stepped in and said something, anything about Fayes behavior but he didn't which leads onto this: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2976 where Claire seems genuinely scared that Faye will assault Marten and then we have Faye, again, intimadating Claire: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3604
But hey its all good because Faye had a Traumatic Experience (TM)
chris73:
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 04 May 2018, 13:45 ---It was 2930, and Marten did object to it.
--- End quote ---
Its not quite "please don't threaten my girlfriend" is it
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 04 May 2018, 04:50 ---
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 04 May 2018, 01:23 ---Interestingly enough, that's really close to how I see my friends. Sure, intellectually, I know some of them are black, some are Asian, etc., but for all intents and purposes, when I'm talking to them, I don't see their color. I see them as my friends, and as people. It's not a question of noticing their ethnicity, but rather of focusing on it. Most of the time, a person's race is almost entirely irrelevant. When you're hanging out with someone, or going to a concert, or the monster truck rally, or whatever, what difference does it really make what color skin your friends have? And in the few situations where one of my friends' race is a relevant detail, I have enough respect for them to treat it that way. I feel like many AIs would love it if humans would occasionally forget that they are different, and simply treat them as ordinary people.
--- End quote ---
This, unfortunately, is white privilege in action. It's great to have a colourblind attitude towards life in principle, but the world is simply not yet a good enough place for that to be something we can all rely on, because that same colourblind attitude is also part of what props up the establishment.
--- End quote ---
Interesting response. I didn’t say what color my skin is, and yet you seem to assume that I’m white. So, do I understand you correctly? You think that it’s a bad thing that I don’t make an issue out of the color of my friends’ skin? Even though they appreciate that from me, when so many other people do make an issue of it? It seems to me that if more people would adopt a colorblind attitude, the world would be a better place.
BenRG:
Taken completely out of context - Claire was being rude to Faye. Did Faye hit her? Beat her bloody? No, she told her that she won't let her relationship with Marten let her disrespect her and her art.
FWIW, at the time, it was my impression that Claire was the one initiating the conflict.
chris73:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 May 2018, 14:13 ---Taken completely out of context - Claire was being rude to Faye. Did Faye hit her? Beat her bloody? No, she told her that she won't let her relationship with Marten let her disrespect her and her art.
FWIW, at the time, it was my impression that Claire was the one initiating the conflict.
--- End quote ---
Claire was being sassy, just like Faye is, and when Faye got a bit of her own medicine Faye didn't like it at all. When you have a reputation for being violent you don't have to hit someone you only have to threaten because the violence is implied.
Ok for the sake of argument lets say Claire went to far, was Fayes response appropriate? No Faye escalated the situation by implying violence which was a dick move considering that Faye is larger and stronger than Claire, Claire has shown no real outbursts of violence herself and is generally considered meek and nerdy
In short Claire is no threat to Faye at all so no need for implied violence in this situation but thats what Faye likes, she likes to bully and intimidate people, its her go to
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version