#and even tho it's not true that I'm a terf it was a valid concern bc of the consistency | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lettersiarrange · 4 months ago

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Since I just checked my ask box for the first time in a hot minute:

Just a note that tumblr doesn't tell me when I have new asks or messages and I rarely check my notifications. Helpful corrections of misinformation/any messages in good faith are appreciated (though it's possible I won't see them until weeks later, sorry), but if something I reblog angers you enough you feel the need to get hostile in my askbox on anon, I reccomend the unfollow button.

I'm also not comfortable posting asks asking for any sort of donations/directing people to your blog for donation purposes, sorry :// I just don't have time to vet asks like that

#feel like I've had more hostile asks than usual in the last year or so #(with the usual number being none and the recent number being more than none)#I'm not sure if it's like (1) person who hatefollowed and now just wants to be nitpicky about everything #or if the culture of the site changed when i wasn't paying attention and people are back to being hostile #my theory is that the fall of twitter means twitter users are coming back to tumblr and bringing their hostility with them #also i can't believe i have to say this AGAIN #but while what i reblog is generally in line with what i believe...#sometimes i reblog stuff bc it's interesting and makes points i haven't heard before #or i like the overall message even tho there's a few pieces I'm iffy about #or it's not how I'd say it or i feel like it's lacking in some nuance but still think the point is worth making #if you see a really consistent take on my blog with consistent framing then yeah safe to assume it's probably reflective of how i feel #but if you have problems with the phrasing or framing of a specific post maybe take that up with the OP??#i can find someone's speech worthy of dissemination without agreeing with every word #I'm not going to take responsibility for other ppl's phrasing esp if it's just the phrasing or framing in one post and not a theme 4 my blog #sometimes i just think things are an interesting conversation or worthy of talking abt even if not everyone is saying things 100% correctly #feel free to come for me for things i actually write. but I'm not gonna take responsibility for other people's phrasing #(AGAIN with the understanding that like. if I were constantly reblogging posts with slurs or something that would be different)#this just in humans are complex and do not agree 1000% with every post they've ever shared online #pls hold me accountable for things i actually say...#a good example of a VALID critique was when i was following a secret terf and i was accidentally reblogging things with terf OPs semi-often #there was concern i was a terf (i am not... just bad at spotting terf dogwhistles) bc there were a few of these like...#not explicitly terfy but like popular with terf posts on my blog #so thanks again to whoever let me know so i could hunt down the secret terf i was following and unfollow #and even tho it's not true that I'm a terf it was a valid concern bc of the consistency #if u think the phrasing or framing in (1) singular post i reblogged is sooooo horrible... pls take it up with the OP #again with obvious exceptions of like. hate speech. slurs. actual alt right talking points. content in the post that is directly harmful #but anons in my inbox have been Big Mad abt like. one line in one post. or one bad piece of framing #or one not quite nuanced enough take. or one framing where not every person in the world was considered #so pls take that shit up with the person who actually wrote the post and stop acting like i personally came to your house #and yelled the words of whatever post at your grandma and then was mean to your dog

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