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an interaction im very tired of in online autism spaces. aka when you don’t have a special interest / when your special interest isn’t [character] or [fandom]

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Someone came onto one of my posts and started saying stuff like "real animals can't talk / post on tumblr / whatever". Typically anti-otherkin stuff. I looked at their blog briefly, expecting a typical troll. But instead I found, a legitimate blog, of a vaguely left leaning person. They were reblogging stuff about ableism, and trans rights, and children's lack of autonomy in our society.

And i just think, it kinda proves to me that a lot of self proclaimed leftists and progressives don't actually have any sort of core values that drive their political views. Because someone who is against ableism and transphobia and removal of autonomy, sounds like someone who has the core value of accepting people for who they are, no matter how unusual it may seem.

But, clearly, they don't. Because they were going out of their way to bully nonhumans for our identities, and trying to rhetorically argue us out of existence. We don't fit their understanding of the world, so they felt compelled to make rude comments. This person does not actually align themselves to any core values of respect and tolerance, they've just decided that they know which groups deserve it and which don't. And furthermore, upon deciding we don't deserve it, that they're entitled to bully us (presumably until we agree to conform)!

Which is, fundamentally no different than right wing politics. They've also decided they know which groups deserve acceptance, their pool is just narrower than the average leftist.

This is all to say, that it's very important for us all to examine what our core values are and why. Why do we tolerate certain groups of people, and not others? Why is it important to be inclusive, and to not bully people? How do I respond when I encounter someone I don't understand, or someone that makes me viscerally uncomfortable? Can rights be revoked? What rights are unalienable and why?

Having a core set of values to guide you will help you not make a fool out of yourself when you encounter someone or something that don't fit your current understanding of the world. If you encounter something that doesn't fit your understanding, then it's your understanding that should change.

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Deinonychus

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semi annual reminder that if you're An Animal you can just. make up what you look like. meditating in your room for a week straight and waiting to see your animalself in dreams isnt reliable or possible for everyone. just pick a fur colour you think looks cool and dont sweat it. fur colour isnt a defining part of your experiences as a nonhuman person; aesthetics dont define this identity

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(repeated like a mantra while rubbing my temples) i will stay silly and not allow the world to make me bitter and cruel. i will stay silly and not allow the world to make me bitter and cruel. i wi

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A common genet (Genetta genetta) in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Nick Dean

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HIGH ON STANDARDS LOW ON SKILL. CREATIVE PROCESS MAKE YOU ILL

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“can you Believe there are people who genuinely believe they’re fictional characters” you will find yourself being dumped into a highway ditch at 4 in the morning and me and my fucking pikachu buddy will drive off with not an ounce of grief in our hearts

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Commission for Muddy on discord! Always fun to draw a dogy :)

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Love the Hilda’s world

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i think there need to be more video games where you get to be a creature

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A lone pentaceratops charges through the rain and fog at a suspicious sound in a nearby clearing. Without the protection of a herd the lone male flashes a deimatic display on his frill in an attempt to frighten off the would be attacker.

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explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like “male”, “female”, “nonbinary”, “masculine”, “feminine” or “androgynous”.

go!

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Animal friends! From a Junior Ranger project I helped out on

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The con hasn't started but the crazy aggio/magma canvas drawing surely has!!

@somethinginthepines did the am. pine marten and the other void blob!