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steve is one of the reasons why i am leaving witty... why? because

   steve is one of the reasons why i am leaving witty... why? because steve doesnt care about wittains.  steve loves it when there are arguments on witty about gays... how do i know this? well if he didnt like it he would delete the quote and wouldn't leave a stupid comment saying "drama" like steve thats not going to help anything! he loves to see when wittanins get into arguments. another problem that i have come across is allowing white people to use the n word in quotes. i understand why steve might not find it offensive and may even use is because he's white, but for the wittains who are black that is extremly rude and when one of my witty friends emailed him and commented on his profile about this problem guess what he did? he delted the comments! obviously if steve really cared he would actually do something about it instead of acting like a girl and just deleting the comment. im sure ill get a lot of hate for this but unlike most of you i am showing real problems about witty instead of complaing about how people get there quotes from tumblr. 

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Melrose* 1 decade ago
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Steve can't just delete quotes because they started a fight. Freedom of speech? Duh. And 'the n word'? Seriously. I only ever hear those who are BLACK using that word.
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Melrose* 1 decade ago
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And really why don't we just block out everybody from being used. Like fat or ugly. Those are 'offensive'
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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But those aren't slurs. You are so ignorant towards this topic.
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Melrose* 1 decade ago
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You're so ignorant period. So goodbye.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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But that doesn't make sense, as it derails from the original problem. So goodbye.
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britany* 1 decade ago
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Then why didn't you just leave? We don't really care about the reason..If you have to leave, you have to leave.
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Delicate* 1 decade ago
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Am I the only one who noticed that, after posting this quote, rather than leaving, she stayed around to reply to comments?
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booboo4 1 decade ago
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hahaha i noticed that too.
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OreoLover 1 decade ago
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Seriously? no. I'm sorry, but Steve is very dedicated to us wittians. if he wasn't, he could just stop running the website all together. i'm sure he spends hours each day, sorting through complaints and problems, but he still does it. Don't dare try to say Steve doesn't care. Just because Steve comments 'drama' on a quote certainly doesn't mean he "loves witty arguments." instead of just deleting the quote, maybe he commented that to get those people to realize how ridiculous their argument is. If black people had a problem with the n word, then it's their responsibility to bring it up with steve, not yours. besides, RARELY EVER do i see wittians say the n word on here...the stuff you're talking about in this quote is not "real problems on witty." Steve is not a problem on witty, he's the reason it exists! If you had a problem on here, you could've just left instead of bashing steve, who i'm sure didn't apprectiate this quote. And, as you can tell, neither did half the people on this website.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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First of all, it is my responsibility because I AM BLACK. Steve is rude & offensive to people which is something that owners of sites should not be.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Ugh.
The person who posted this quote is black, and I, the person who brought the n-word situation up with Steve am black as well. There is also another black person below that said the n-word on witty is a problem.
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Pesadilla 1 decade ago
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if you wanna leave, just leave. no need to say trash about steve.
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sparkleyunicorns7 1 decade ago
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agreed he created this he can do what he wants
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FlorenceSong 1 decade ago
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This is a site built on and for free expression. Posting thoughts opinions is the purpose of witty. If dont like them you can ignore or block those people. Sorry but if you aren't mature enough to handle argument or debate or different opinions or bad words, you need to get off he Internet and wait a few years till you grow up.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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It's not that I need to "grow up" it's that I feel like Steve is allowing r4ism since he did fav quote & put it in the "best quote" list that has an offensive term in it & that makes Steve look like he allows r4sim. This quote is to express thoughts & opinions about witty so...
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FlorenceSong 1 decade ago
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You can express your thoughts and opinions. But it almost seems as if you are being argumentative just for the sake of arguing. The n word is a word that can be offensive. BUT most of the time it's used jokingly and not with the intent of being offensive and even if offense was intented, you have to learn that people are going to say what they say and no matter what you do you're not going to change their opinions. Leave if your gonna leave. I've never seen the n word on here and I think you blowing this out of proportion. If you really want to combat why don't you go to a site that really has a problem. I've never seen a quote on here and if one exist out of millions of quotes and thousands of people that's actually a pretty good.
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FlorenceSong 1 decade ago
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If you really want to combat raci(sm why don't you go to a site that really has a raci(sm problem
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Obviously it is hard for you to see the r4cism issues when you don't actually suffer from systematic r4cism.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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He doesn't owe you guys anything. He could easily shut this site down, because he honestly has better things to do that listen to some girls whine. Be grateful for what you've got, and if someone uses "WHOAAA THE N WORD CALL DA POLCEECE," that's their r4cist problem, not yours, so don't blame him for it. (And I'm predicting exactly who will respond to this comment, and if I'm right I want a prize.)
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Who are you predicting? I'm curious to know.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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The girl who wrote the quote, and uh, you. My comments usually attract your replies, so...
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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I do understand what you're saying, but the "N" word is similar to people saying, "Oh my God" on here. I'm a practicing Catholic and I've been taught my whole life to say, "Oh my gosh" or something similar, since the Lord's name shouldn't be used in vain. Although this occurs on witty, I just block it out, since it is other people's lives and they can say what they say. I wouldn't go to Steve, for what could he do? Make people stop saying a certain combination of letters? I don't believe this is his responsibility, but I do respect your opinion.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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i do think that the n word should be blocked out because it's offensive to black users.
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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Then should "Gay" be blocked out since it's offensive to gay users? People will still find ways to get around spelling the "N" word no matter what.
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JustAnotherWittyGuy18 1 decade ago
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Gay isnt offensive to me.... its just like slang, "That's so gay!" I dont care, straight people say it does but it doesnt bother most of us
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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Yeah, I was just trying to prove a point to her. It wasn't a very good one. Thanks :)
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Maybe you should take that up with Steve. However, you are not black, so you have no room to decide whether the N word is offensive.
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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What? I still have "room" to decide whether or not the "N" word is offensive. Just because I don't belong to a certain category doesn't mean a word describing that category can't be offensive to me. I could take offense to being called a rich white girl, but I don't. I don't care. But thanks for your opinion. :)
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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BECAUSE APPARENTLY WHITE PEOPLES OPINIONS ALWAYS OVER RULE WHAT THE POC SAY, BECAUSE WHO GIVES A POOP WHAT POC SAY EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED FOR YEARS!!!!
What makes you are feel so entitlted? Is there something threatening about not having your opinion being taken into account?
You are not black, you will NEVER understand the struggle and constant systematic troubles of being black so do not try to tell US, BLACK PEOPLE, what is offensive to us and what is not.
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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I didn't try to tell you what is or isn't offensive to black people... I simply told you what I did or did not find offensive. I'm sorry if that's what you took my comment for. If you would like to continue this conversation, I suggest you comment on my profile, for I would not enjoy helping this comment become a top quote for the sheer reason of a petty argument. Thanks!
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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"I still have "room" to decide whether or not the "N" word is offensive." Okay, sure, you do technically have room. However, your opinion is not taken into account because that hasn't been used against you to oppress you, you are not triggered by it, and you most likely can't relate to the negative connotations it holds.
********* Steve removed this quote from showing up on the top quotes list.
(So, if anyone is going to argue that he can't selectively choose to stop a certain quote from showing up on a certain page, he can.)
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finding_nemo 1 decade ago
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I love how you comment on my quote saying the n word's offensive but a white person defends black people on the use of it, and that's offensive too.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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eye roll
u missed the point completely
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amazed* 1 decade ago
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Exactly (to the comment below me) He may not be white, and there is one of him and more than 30,000 of us (Not sure about that, I'm just judging by how many likes Witty has on Facebook). He probably doesn't see a lot of quotes and can't spend ALL his time deleting offensive ones. This is not his main job. And you may think he's rude, but in my opinion he's probably getting a bit frustrated of us because we are not using this site to post "witty" quotes. We are being mean to one another and are causing drama (And please don't even think about saying I'm stirring up drama too, because I'm not. I'm being honest and am trying not to sound mean). FINALLY, Steve can't delete all the quotes he "doesn't like". That's offensive to the author of that quote and hey, many other people probably DO like that quote about gay marriage. He may not like that quote, but he's being good by not deleting it just because he has the power. It follows the rules, so in retrospect he has to keep it up. He also may have deleted the comment your friend made because he could have already been working on blocking that word and didn't want to take up space. Or he thought it was unnecessary and offensive in how it was worded. You never know. Personally, I think you should be thankful, not resentful, that Steve is here and willing to help us.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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It doesn't matter if he's not white, if he's non-black decided whether BLACK PEOPLE should be offended over the use of the n-word is not his decision. Even if he was black, he's not the monolith for all Black people.
I am well aware that he cannot spend time looking through quotes. However, when I did take the time to notify him so he wouldn't have to waste his time, he ignored me completely with no response.
No one is telling him to delete the quote. However, it shouldn't be an example of a really good quote, as it condones hate speech which is against Witty rules and uses a r4cist slur.
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amazed* 1 decade ago
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I agree that it was rude of Steve to delete your comment without response but I still believe that he had good reason. Also, I don't think Steve choses what a "really good quote" is, I think they are done randomly (and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the quotes in the "really good quotes" section seem to be those with less faves, almost like Collective in iFunny)
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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As I have already stated, I am very well aware that the RGQ list is not hand picked quotes but quotes that are from people he follows. However, Steve being the webmaster, he can also control certain quotes from showing up on the list WITHOUT deleting them. The fact that he keeps a quote with the n word is him practically condoning r4cism on the site, as the RGQ list is supposed to be an example of "good quotes" for the users on the site.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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No one knows what Steve looks like..he's probably not white.He could be Asian or even Black no one knows.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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okay, but just because he isn't white or whatever it doesn't mean that it should be okay to allow offensive terms to be used in quotes.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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lol im just saying and he doesn't have tome for your crap.He did comment below and he has a point,you learn to get over it and yeah when I was 13 I would have freaked up but i'm almost 18,and now I just don't care because you grow up hearing it more and more.So just deal it's life kid.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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lol? first of all, nothing is funny about r4cism. i am part black and i will always find the 'n' word offensive, just because you're not black and you grew out of finding it offensive doesn't mean i will or other black people will.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Hey, fellow Black people, xxCorinne95xx said we need to get over r4cism because it's not a big deal! I guess, we Black people, just need to stop being bitter and take whatever systematic oppression comes our way, because, hey, we'll just keep growing up to hear it more and more.
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BreeeFayy* 1 decade ago
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Whoa, that is so not what she said. I'm white, and I SUFFER FRIM RAS ISM TOO! My when my dad was applying for his first job he got a higher score than a black guy ( on a test) but they were forced to take the black man because he was black! Do not think that you are the only people suffering. I can understand that African Americans were once slaves, but they're aren't anymore, you should know that things are getting so much better. We are also allowed to state our opinions as much as you can, what is ganging up of that poor girl going to do? Nothing!
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amazed* 1 decade ago
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She did not say ra.cism is not a big deal. It is. I'm pretty sure she's talking about you guys being stressed over a ra.cist quote that Steve "chose to ignore". For all you guys know, he didn't. Maybe he deleted that quote or suspended that person, and then deleted your comments like "well, ok, that's taken care of I don't need that around to stir up any more drama". Or it wasn't breaking any rules so he couldn't do anything. I'm pretty sure what xxcorinne95xx said was, that there's going to be people who say crappy stuff about your race (and not just to African-American people, there are ra.cists everywhere) and you should just not let it get to you.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Eye roll because you obviously aren't Black so pls speak no more. You do not know much of r4cism, first hand.
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amazed* 1 decade ago
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Eye roll because you guys didn't know better than to leave another comment for Steve explaining that you were offended by him choosing to delete a comment complaining about ra.cism, or blocking him so he can see that someone was offended by him and possibly cause him to rethink the rules here. Because it would make SO much more sense to make a quote about it to involve everybody else.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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I just find this funny that two people who hate me are choosing to argue with me.I'm older than most people on witty,and I have heard a lot of stuff and before when I was like 13 I used to be shocked when I heard it but welcome to the real world.You can't freak out when you hear stuff like that.I mean you hear it on tv,so you can't write letters to each tv show that has racial stuff in it.And plus petrichor hates me because I made a quote about lil wayne that no one had an issue besides her.And I saw it on twitter thought it was funny and put it on here along with a few other people who shall remain anonymous.And ForeverOneDirection thats a whole difference story but you guys need to learn that you are going to hear that kind of stuff and grow up.Steve has a point and doesn't have time for your crap.So maybe if you can't handle those quotes just scroll past them.It's the smart thing to do.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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And, lets not forget, you commented on a quote (presumably) written by someone who "hates" you. So, don't be shocked when that user chooses to reply to a comment left on their quote.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Once again you totally missed the point. And hey, maybe we don't always reply to your comments because you think we hate you, maybe we reply because you say problematic things. You cannot tell me as a Black person whether or not to be offended when something r4cist happens as you, in America, have never experienced systematic r4cism, so please, stop, you entitled poop.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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"you entitled poop" you just described your age so much in that i'm laughing so hard.Okay,I deleted your comments because I don't have time for your crap mostly yours.ForeverOneDirection stop hers but you have like 5 accounts and kept trolling me.And a lot of white people do get hateful remarks.I live by a city that if I said it you'd be like oh that makes sense.But you maybe wouldn't understand so who really knows.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Described my age? How do you "describe an age".
Calling out your problematic quotes is not trolling.
Systematic r4cism is not hateful remarks. That is called discrimination and bullying. Systematic r4cism is the reason why So many Wrongfully convicted POC are in jail, why a black man makes less money ON AVERAGE in the US than a white man, why women of color are so often hyper sexualised and desexualised.
Reverse r4cism doesn't exist, and it's such a shame you believe in such an idea.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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Clearly where you live they're teaching you wrong information because I know that we all get paid the same except women still get paid a little lower still.And describe your age okay sure,you said "you entitled poop"I say you're maybe 13 or 14 or hay even 15.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882775.html
And, you're mistaken. The public school system doesn't teach us any of this stuff, so I'm not quite sure what you're getting at there.
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xxcorinne95xx 1 decade ago
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Yet that goes to 2010.My dad and a few of my family members are businesses owners and treats everyone with equality.And yeah they do.Maybe not where you live but in my school they have.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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This is on average, meaning enough people in the POC community have this problem. Your family business owners are just cases, not enough to change the average of the pay gap.
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ToriRox16 1 decade ago
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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i do agree he is kinda rude...
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ToriRox16 1 decade ago
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Eli22b 1 decade ago
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Or maybe he's tired of people always complaining like you guys.
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ToriRox16 1 decade ago
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I'm not going to argue with anyone I was just saying what I thought
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Aidan 1 decade ago
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You have to understand that Steve stated that he runs this website on his spare time, he doesn't have time for this. It's sad, but it's true.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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YET he had time to recover BravoSierra's quotes....
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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i'm not asking him to make time for this site, but i am asking him to block offensive words. no matter who says the n word i will always find it offensive. just because he doesn't find it offensive doesn't mean it should be allowed to be used in quotes.
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★♡flying high♥☆* 1 decade ago
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Steve didn't make this website to deal with drama. He didn't make it to go on clearing other people arguments up it's not his fault people act immature on here. I know that Steve gets a lot of comments on here so maybe the comment got lost along the way? Not hating on you just stating my opinion
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Serotonin 1 decade ago
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I bet if it was your favorite band member making a joke about *n word* you'd laugh it off and find it innocent and say "he didn't mean it in an offensive way, he was just kidding". You're making a big deal out of nothing, and honestly, if I were Steve I'd be pretty annoyed with you people creating drama about witty and how this website should be run or how quotes should be. It's not your own website, so if you find many quotes here offensive or don't like how it's organised, tough luck. You either stay for the quotes and people you do like, or you simply leave. What you don't do is stay and make posts, that aren't even real quotes, complaining about how everyone else on this website is being rude or insensitive.
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cloudlings 1 decade ago
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The n word is a term no one should use unless you are a member of the group, as it is yours to reclaim. Acknowledging that Steve is problematic and practically condoning r4cism isn't bad and doesn't necessarily make him Satan, however it's not good either.
To say I, a black person and other black people, are making a big deal about people who are non-black using the n-word is actually really inconsiderate. You are not the voice of us and cannot decide whether or not we should be offended of the use of the n-word and the whole situation with Steve putting the quotes with the n-word on the really good quotes list.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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i actually wouldn't find it funny if one of my favorite actress,singers,band members, etc.. would say the n word because it is an offensive term. i made this quote to address this to steve because he has been ignoring mine and some other peoples requests to have the n word be put on the blocking list.
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spence* 1 decade ago
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first she is saying her opinion so stfu if you don't like what she said ok let her write anything she wants is it going to hurt you if you don't pass by the quote no so why are you wasting time giving her hate she is right about some things!!
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BrokenTwilight 1 decade ago
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Steve doesn't want to spend his life deleting things and sorting cra.p
Witty is his hobby not his job. He has a life ,you know.
It's not his job to try and control 300,000 teenage thugs.
We are all capable of handling this ourselves.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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i understand that but the fact that he deleted someones comment asking him to block the n word and is very rude! the n word is just as offensive as the words already on the blocked list.
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Steve 1 decade ago
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The world is full of offensive stuff. Different stuff is offensive to different people. The same thing that is offensive to someone when they are 13 won't be offensive to them when they are 18. Something things that were offensive to western society 50 years ago are no longer offensive today. If you find something offensive, go find something you *don't* find offensive instead of wasting your life complaining about it. I can't believe I actually had to comment on this quote. I will not address this "issue" again.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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I applaud this comment. You should makes comments "likeable" so I can like this.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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But I feel as if you are practically condoning r4cism by putting those quotes on the really good quotes list. Yes, you can't change a bigot however you don't praise them either.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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It's kind of like, sometimes the people on that list post vents and stuff, it's only because their quotes are directed towards that page immediately, so I think if Steve saw it he would have taken it down, if asked nicely. Considering most people saying things like this are going, "omG STEVE Y R U NOT DOIN NYTHING DO U EVEN CARE UGH STEVE IS HORIBLE I H8 HIM," I wouldn't expect him to politely take down the quote. Personally, I have not seen the quote so I wouldn't be able to say whether it is offensive or not, but if it has happened, flagging it will bring it up for review for the Witty team, and if it is found offensive, it will be taken down. It may be r4cist, but Steve doesn't owe us anything, if he doesn't want to release a statement about it, or go through the process of taking down the quote (or to be more specific, finding it first), he does not have to. Whether he should or not is not the case, because Steve most definitely not seem like a man to promote bigotry and r4cism. It may not be good, and I appreciate your civil rights movement or whatever you may refer to it as, but Steve is a grown man and dealing with things like this man not be at the top of his agenda, so attacking him over this will not prove anything other than ungratefulness.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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I did ask him respectfully, personally from this account, and my comments were deleted.
Even if you have seen the quote, I would not take your opinion over the usage of the n-word, as you are not Black.
Right, Steve doesn't owe "us anything", however he does say that "hate speech" is not welcome. I have flagged the quote, however I took the time out to notify him because of the condition that it seems as if it is condoning r4cism.
Also, me simply choosing to defend equality is not a "movement" and should not be compared to such a revolutionary movement. I feel as if this is simply fighting for all human rights.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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I'm referring to all of your comments in general because I often see you labeling many things "misogynistic, ableist, bigoted, r4cist, etc." and I'm not saying it's a bad thing for you to be doing that, but sometimes I read a quote and am like, "petrichor commented, just you see," and I haven't been wrong before. Anyway, just because I'm white, does not mean I cannot spot r4cism or such, because double standards do exist, no matter what that one quote of yours says. If Steve chose to ignore the issue, he either has no concern in resolving this because honestly, I think he's just tired of all the arguing in the past week, and the fact that quotes like this ons exist. How do you think he feels Gavin to come to a quote and defending himself before a bunch of teenagers? I'm not necessarily defending him, but he has other duties and Witty is and always has been more of a side project. Also, you seem to have taken my claims personally. People, not necessarily you, have been rude, which is helping nothing at all. Circling back to your thing on equal rights, again, there's nothing wrong with it, but aside from my being convinced about your personal account's identity, you have become known to appear on such quotes more often than not, and ie begun seeing it as a movement because it is a consistent fight. I mean this all respectfully, of course.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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If it isn't bad for me to point out the problematic things, then why is that even a point to bring up?
Double standards =/= oppression.
Yes, you're right, white people do need to call out other white people for being problematic, however your opinion (deciding whether or not a POC should be offended over something like a r4cist slur, or deciding whether or not r4cism exists) isn't, for lack of better words, going to overrule a POC, as they first hand, suffer from the systematic r4cism. White people in America have more privilege and most definitely reap the benefits of r4cism, even if they aren't r4cist/acknowledge their privilege, but they cannot be systematically oppressed because white people are the oppressors (in America.)
Sure, this is a side project for Steve, but when he does choose to put effort into this side project of his, he needs to understand that he is the "parent" of this site and still needs to abide by the own rules he set up.
My personal account identity has never been a secret and it's not like I have been hiding it, as it was linked on this account several times. The only reason why I choose not to share more of my own personal information on this account is because I know that some people on here would much rather choose to attack me for being my race (calling me r4cist slurs)/my looks (body-policing/shaming)/my personality (tone-policing)/et cetera rather than the actual problem. However, I do not see how my personal account identity has anything to do with what I choose to say, as no matter which I account I am on, I still defend what I believe in.
Fight =/= discussion. Pointing out the problematic things =/= fight. I do not mean to intentionally vilify people when I point out problematic things, however when they choose to not acknowledge that what they said is problematic even after I pointed out what was problematic, it does become an issue and they automatically assume as if the first thing I did was attack their freedoms when instead I just pointed out the problematic content.
~ This seems to have turned into more of an explanation of my actions, as I am firm about not having to justify this, however I feel as if this should be pointed out.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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Okay, what you're doing is cool, like pointing out problematic things. This isn't because you're a POC, but it may offend other people, too. Not just whites. Sure, white is the most likely race to be r4cist, but that doesn't that mean that whites cannot be oppressed too. There are a few black girls who go around my school, calling /everyone/ the n-word, or calling white people crackers, or asians the c-word, etc. They aren't all of those races, are they? Perhaps they have become more oppressed than whites, and maybe double standards are not linked to oppression deeply, but yet, I can admit I've grown to not be offended to quotes about whites? Why are white people quotes okay, because I've seen those, but r4cist quotes are not? Shouldn't they be banned all together, then?
And I point out your other account identity, because on this account you are so different. I had spoken to you a few times a long time ago, and I have been following your fandom tumblr for the longest time, and I understand this account is to be more expressive without worrying what people will say about you because they wouldn't know anything - but it still makes me wonder, how you switch just like that.
You don't need to explain your actions to me, I understand you're trying to make the world a better place or something, but (not me personally) when you try to call something out on being offensive, you realize that sometimes you are also being offensive?
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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R4cism is systematic. Systematic oppression. To oppress, you need power to act on those prejudices. So, Black people and other POC cannot be systematically oppressive to White people. Those Black girls are NOT the monolith for Black people. Just because a few Black people RECLAIM the slur, does not mean that it makes it acceptable for people of other races to use it. Those black girls being prejudiced/bullies =/= r4cism.
I am Black and Asian, therefore issues that pertain to me, such as r4cism, misogynistic, quotes are going to pertain to me. If you feel that you are offended by White people quotes, then you, as a White person should tell them. I don't really understand how you expect me to stick up for myself and people while sticking up for oppressors at the same time, though.
This was never about "White people quotes", and derailing it to that fact is quite inconsiderate.
I also do not have a fandom tumblr, so I'm pretty confident that you have me mistaken for the wrong identity.
If I am being ableist/misogynistic/classist/transphobic/homophobic/etc then I encourage those who are from that marginalized group to call me out on the offensive remarks I may have made. However, I do put in effort to make sure I do not offend marginalized groups, as I too, am marginalized as well.
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amazed* 1 decade ago
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He's not in charge of what goes on the "really good quotes" list. I'm pretty sure it's randomized
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br0kenwings 1 decade ago
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No, Steve chooses the users to go on a list, then all of their quotes are added to the 'really good quotes' page.
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cloudlings 1 decade ago
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I understand that, and have been aware of that. However, when I did notify him that those n-word quotes were on the list, he completely ignored me and deleted my comments, with no further response.
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永久* 1 decade ago
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Steve<3
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Emilyycanfly 1 decade ago
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don't talk sh/t. If you want to leave, just do it- without the sh/tstorm. No one's asking you to stay.
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gravity_enemy 1 decade ago
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We want to encourage people to stay.. that's what the witty family is all about..
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Emilyycanfly 1 decade ago
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Sorry if that sounded harsh. I'm definitely not saying anything bad about YOU!
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Emilyycanfly 1 decade ago
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That doesn't mean that everyone has to beg some kid to stay on a website every time they whinge about it. It's just pathetic really...
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supercalifredge 1 decade ago
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Yes we do, but not if they act like this... XD
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Breeze 1 decade ago
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On one hand, you're mad at him for deleting the comment. On the other hand, you're mad at him for not deleting certain quotes.
Hmm hmm.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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The comment was notifying him of r4cism on the site, as he put a r4cist quote on the really good quotes list.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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You do know that the "really good quotes" list is just the people who he follows' quotes, right?
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MyWittyProfile 1 decade ago
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Um no, haha.
The original people were taken from a vote on facebook (I think) and then he just added as he saw good quote makers. Obviously if he thought they had quality quotes, he'd follow the person. :)
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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Well I noticed that a lot of the people who he followed were also on the Really Good Quotes list, so sorryyyy.
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MyWittyProfile 1 decade ago
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Don't apologize you did nothing wrong,I was just informing you. :P
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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Okay, uh thanks? :)
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MyWittyProfile 1 decade ago
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idek xD
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bella is a penguin * 1 decade ago
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omg I just noticed that! But wait I was on the fourth page and he doesn't follow me.
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barakat* 1 decade ago
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I think that sometimes he just marks them, but usually it's the people he follows.
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[deleted] 1 decade ago
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Please do not be condescending towards me. As I have made this point several times, "I understand that, and have been aware of that. However, when I did notify him that those n-word quotes were on the list, he completely ignored me and deleted my comments, with no further response." He uses the RGQ list to give a basis to a ton of users on how to write good quotes. When one of the quote displays r4cism, he is telling kids it is OKAY to write r4cist quotes. When notified, he could have simply removed that quote from showing up on the RGQ list, like how he removed this quote from showing up on the Top 24 hour list. But did he? No. Instead he deleted my comments.
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ForeverOneDirection 1 decade ago
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*FOR EVERYONE WHO THINKS THIS ISN'T A REAL PROBLEM* it may not be as bad as someone who is depressed,cuts,etc,etc... But when I am offended it is a problem & I'm pretty sure if you were offended it would be a problem too.
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dandelions 1 decade ago
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I was offended when you commented on my quote about suicide saying that this is a huge problem. I don't think it's huge compared to suicide.
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