WHAT’S THE HARM IN TONE POLICING?

<a href="http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Tone_argument" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Tone policing</a> is a dangerous habit that has real psychosocial consequences. By telling people not to express their anger at oppression, tone police are not only promoting their own personal comfort over that of someone who is in pain, but they are also asking the angry people to suffer in silence, which has very <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/5-reasons-you-shouldnt-ke_n_2633057.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">serious psychological consequences</a>. In addition, the current academic obsession with “civility” (a fancy proxy for tone) seems to have only placed (uncooperative) <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/204481/new-thought-police#" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">scholars of color in its crosshairs</a>. People engaging in tone policing are often having a difficult time distinguishing between discomfort due to a potentially emotional person communicating about their experiences of oppression versus discomfort due to someone’s malicious behavior. When someone communicates the factual and emotional truth of their experiences with oppression to you, it is not a malicious attack on you or your existence. Your discomfort is not their fault either; it is the fault of the oppressive structure they are responding to, one which you may be benefiting from. <a href="https://medium.com/@chanda/what-s-the-harm-in-tone-policing-e933d90af247">Visit Now</a>