here comes the mansplain again
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boxofdelightsFrom http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016318.html, on the Hugo award ceremony
#67 ::: Sumana Harihareswara ::: (view all by) ::: August 23, 2015, 11:45 AM:
I am grateful for the livestream, and for our community.
I am Hindu and I felt like the mocking repetition of a Hare Krishna chant was a slap in the face to me.
#68 ::: Bruce Adelsohn ::: (view all by) ::: August 23, 2015, 11:52 AM:
Sumana Harihareswara @67: It didn't seem mocking to me. Rather, it was aimed at bringing peace to a number of souls who needed it. YMMV, of course, but that's how I saw it on the stream.
#67 ::: Sumana Harihareswara ::: (view all by) ::: August 23, 2015, 11:45 AM:
I am grateful for the livestream, and for our community.
I am Hindu and I felt like the mocking repetition of a Hare Krishna chant was a slap in the face to me.
#68 ::: Bruce Adelsohn ::: (view all by) ::: August 23, 2015, 11:52 AM:
Sumana Harihareswara @67: It didn't seem mocking to me. Rather, it was aimed at bringing peace to a number of souls who needed it. YMMV, of course, but that's how I saw it on the stream.