the Hogwarts teachers were my favourite part of the books remember in CoS when they were so sick of Lockhart that they chased him out of the staffroom by reminding him he’d said he could kill Slytherin’s monster in seconds, remember in OotP when they couldn’t tell Harry they approved of his interview so they did wildly extravagant favours for him, like giving him twenty house points for passing a watering can, or bursting into tears and announcing that he’d live a long and happy life? on that note remember how much McGonagall disliked Trelawney and all her little digs, and remember how she ran forward to brace Trelawney as she was being kicked out by Umbridge? remember how McGonagall ran out to defend Hagrid from trained Aurors with nothing but her words and took four Stunning Spells to the chest? remember when she told Peeves how to unscrew the chandelier? i could go on about McGonagall especially for days but i love all of them so much
Normal ppl: how about others stop throwing around racial slurs? it’s also inexcusable and harmful when applied to some weird closeted frustration and rage when playing video games
Y’all: we use racism??? To cope????
…..what?
If racial slurs just happen to “slip out” when you’re frustrated or angry, it just means that you’re okay with that language internally and the only reason you don’t use it more often is because you’re more concerned about yourself appearing racist than about your attitudes towards others.
some of us just yell “fuck” when we get frustrated at a video game
That last tweet is very telling. “We all swear when we’re angry.” Yes. That is true. We do swear when we’re angry. But swearing is shouting SHIT or FUCK. Racial slurs ARE NOT swears and the fact that people equate them is disappointing. If that’s where you go in “the heat of the moment” when you’re angry or frustrated, it means you are far too comfortable with that word.
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