Comment on Why is everyone so giddy about the flooding thay happened at burning man?

• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you mean my concise, original reply to the OP, you seem to be the only one who doesn’t understand it.

  Do you know what part of my comment you need explained?

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  • Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How does “there are marginalized parts of society you’re allowed to berate” relate to the original question about burning man. I doubt I am the only one having trouble with the statement as that post is sitting at a -7, I’m just the only one morbidly curious enough to engage with you about it.

    To me that seems like a statement that denigrates the term marginalized to the point that the word becomes meaningless.

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You not understanding the word “marginalized” does not make the word meaningless.

      The original question was why people are so giddy about the flooding that happened at Burning Man.

      My answer that only you appear to be confused about can be expanded:

      The entire burning man community is a marginalized community within the United States because they act contrary to American conservative social cues and structures but don’t have significant counterbalanced social power to defend themselves, making it a very safe target for bullies.

      So even though there was a dangerous tragedy affecting tens of thousands of people and someone actually died, the worst parts of society have and are going to bully and demean this community because they are “weird” and can not or will not defend themselves in a way the bullies understand.

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      • Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Marginalized people are poor folk who live in hunger in a world where we are fully capable of feeding them, all in the name of capitalist profits. Marginalized people are women seeking abortion care in underground clinics because it’s easier to oppress them once they are trying to take care of a child. Fuck man I could go on and on about ACTUAL Marginalized groups. Immigrant communities whose labor is exploited and then vilified in the media.

        It’s appalling you would use the term in regards to a bunch of rich people cosplaying as bohemian hippies to go party in the desert. You’re understanding of who goes to BM is two decades outdated. Thanks for the honest reply though that shit is too funny, gonna try to get it to the front page.

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