Re:Pornography and the Butterfly Effect
by dragonwriter on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:05PM
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> Declining to date someone because they're fat is now firmly seen as a bullying tactic,
No, advertising, either directly to the subject or to other
people specifically referencing the subject, a personal characteristic as the reason for declining to date someone has always (well, since the early 1980s, at least, don't really know how it was received before I was in elementary school) been recognized as a means of attacking that person and often a bullying tactic, (doubly so when it is done prospectively.)
Not dating someone itself, for any reason, is not generally, even now, and irrespective of the actual reason.
No, advertising, either directly to the subject or to other people specifically referencing the subject, a personal characteristic as the reason for declining to date someone has always (well, since the early 1980s, at least, don't really know how it was received before I was in elementary school) been recognized as a means of attacking that person and often a bullying tactic, (doubly so when it is done prospectively.)
Not dating someone itself, for any reason, is not generally, even now, and irrespective of the actual reason.