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alteredphoenix · 9 months

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It's been a while since I watched the bald eagle cams, but people are still as outlandishly angry now as they were back then when it comes to the ones that feature new, young males that haven't had their mating/brooding instincts kick in yet coming to the nest. Not to mention how utterly stupid some of the viewers are for using human neurological disorders and learning disabilities as reasons as to why they're not mating properly/burying eggs/not incubating.

#this was prompted by all the drama going on at the nefl cam #somebody made a comment about how 'if there's a thing as avian autism the new male would be the poster child'#AND I WAS LIVID #if that is not the most ableist comment i've ever read so far on YT #and i've seen arguments on FUCKING GENDER ROLES AND THE PATRIARCHY on bbc's tiger videos #and those arguments lasted for OVER A YEAR #you cannot assign human psychology to a raptor #nor assign human morality and human emotions to them #this is not a soap opera. you should not TREAT live animal cams as a soap opera #it's real LIFE and expectations should always be tempered when viewing them #that's another thing: there's a very strong boomer mentality going on when eagles lay eggs #a'la 'cigars all around time to man up you're the father now!' kind of bullshit #as well as RELIGIOUS #something about raptors inspires religious posturing and i don't mean the way they're viewed here in the US #i was hoping the ridiculousness would've chilled out over time but it really hasn't #idk where i'm going with this i just wanted to vent

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