#cw: red personhood discourse

[artistic-arborealist]

So your friend said you could explain why you're not happy that the Mioleeans are getting free kids once decontamination finishes? Isn't that like a good thing for your ex-reds?

[OOC: in reference to]

So, anon, I saw you talking to Esana! Hello! I’ll try to explain this in a couple parts?

So if Mioleen people were just getting ~free kids out of nowhere~, that would be nice, because getting kids is a ~nice thing for everyone~!

But this didn’t happen out of nowhere! They were probably very excited to meet their ~new neighbors~! And they had already talked to them online and made friends, and planned out housing and jobs, and started preparing ~fun things to welcome them with~!

And then all of their cousins died.

You see, reds are like every other caste! They have a sense of ~intra-caste culture and solidarity~ too! Just like I can go anywhere in the world and find greens that welcome me as family, they also ~care about each other~ too!

So, every Mioleen was sad when this happened.

Also, the kids they’re adopting are sad too! They just lost nearly everyone they know!

And they had to ~see it happen~.

Which would you rather have? A great new roommate with a sweet, happy child, that you get to help take care of and bounce on your knee? Or a scared, mourning child that wakes up sobbing from dreams of blood and screaming?

A scared, mourning child who just wants to hear their mommies sing them a lullaby one last time.

And also, anon, ~reds don’t want to die~!

Reds are sapient beings who have feelings and preferences, ~just like us~! If you talk to them, I think you’ll find that they’re a lot like everyone else! They just want to get to be ~clean and happy~, and live out their lives safe with all of their loved ones, too!

So when they die for no reason, hurting and fearing for their children, with that hope unfulfilled, it’s sad. That’s something that shouldn’t happen.

~And we’re sad about it too~.

[staringtowardthestars]

Why would you be upset? The world is 15000 reds less polluted, after they burn the carcasses.

I consider them people, and somehow thinking it would be better if they all died doesn’t make me stop caring about them.

I wish I didn’t. I would both be happier and closer in line with my ethical principles.