Flist, a little help?

[dieewigenacht]

See, sometimes I screw up. It's always by accident, obviously, but most of the time I can tell exactly why I screwed up, others not so much.
The thing is, I recently commented about an article in ontd_feminism about Text messages as a new weapon in dating violence with pretty much a "That's why I don't date, 'cause there are crazy people there"

Here, the comment

Now, I didn't say that with the intention to offend anyone, by "crazy people" I meant people that act crazy when dating, but judging by the comments I think I screwed up.
I've apologized already, but I feel kinda silly apologizing for something I don't understand that much. Sure, maybe what I said was wrong, but I just don't see why

That said, if three people I don't know are saying I screwed up they probably have a point, so I want to know, in words of people I actually know and trust, what I did wrong and how can I avoid doing it again.

Thanks.

Comments

[dieewigenacht.livejournal.com]

Oh, so that was it.

Yes, I probably should have phrased that in another way, since I didn't wanted to relate mental illnesses with abusive people.

See, this is one of the things I enjoy about the Internet, it teachs me a lot of things, since this kind of behaivour, my behaivour, is something normal where I live.
Here, on the internet, I get to realize that some of the things I say can be considered wrong or hurtful.
I learn.

I'm going to follow your example and reduce my albeist words use.

Thanks :D

[valtyr]

Yeah, it's pretty common here to be casually ableist, too, and often sexist. Sometimes even racist. It's through the internet, where it's easier for minority views to get a platform, that I've found out a lot of things I would never have otherwise had occasion to learn. :) Just another reason I adore the internet.