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thisisaname-whatahappyname · 2 years ago

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hell-o sorry im re doing my tags the previous one made it seem like i was against op because of the tumblr coding misplacing (i forgot quoting things with "" puts the thing in front so i replaced it with two '') bits of text from it (the tag in was very much against context is very much against saying trans people are just another thing millennials came up with, but out of context and without the quote it just seemed like i was saying that

leaving this up as a way of making up for potential damage it did sorry

It doesn't matter what you think, stop doing it. When someone tells you you're doing something wrong, trying to argue around it just makes you a jackass. Just apologize and correct your behavior.

This, my friends, is what we call “weaponizing progressive language.”

Because this would be a completely reasonable response in many circumstances. We’ve all seen similar things said to people who genuinely need to Stop, like celebrities defending their use of slurs (to name just one example). Devoid of context, this ask seems like someone fighting against an unreasonable asshole.

Except the thing I was most recently told to stop doing was…acknowledging that historical trans people existed.

The only reason I’m not simply ignoring this ask is that, once upon a time, I would have seen it and immediately started groveling. Because I don’t want to hurt anyone, and I ESPECIALLY don’t want to be doing so habitually. And very young people- like teens -in progressive spaces, I feel, are often cornered like this and made to apologize for “transgressions” that aren’t real. They have the compassion, but not yet enough experience to recognize this pattern of behavior.

It’s important to apologize and change when you hurt someone undeserving, or a group of innocent people. But it’s also important to recognize when someone is trying to use that concern for others against you.

#intent and consiquences are important people :D!#when people get mad at you for saying a slur you dont owm and Defending it #you're making people feel unsafe in your spaces and actively encouraging biggoted behavior #but by defending that trans people have always existed you're making trans people feel validated and that they aren't a phase or a trend #like. near everything can be used positively and negatively #i mean hitler getting killed helped lots. murder can be a good thing at times #another example is when it's a scenario in self defense it's either you get kidnapped and potentially killed if not human trafficked #which means other people are likely to get trafficed as well and it's entirely likely multiple people will die with that #or you kill your kidnappers in self defense #even good things like compliments can be used for bad #y'know how cults use love bombing?#or how an abuser will suddenly be nice understanding and be healthy if not somewhat just to keep you from leaving?#near everything can be used for good or bad it's up to intent and most importantly Consiquences #and i dont mean in a superficial ways like as anon above #i mean actually studying the intent and consiquences that stem from that #as if you're saying a slur and people call you out on it and tell you why it's wrong and you go out of your way to Defend it #you're making people feel unsafe and actively encouraging if not providing gateway towards bigotted behavior #(as if they're convinced the outrage about it as overdramatic and start not minding other people who say that #then what other things can those other people convince them in?)#like is that an at worse senario? yes. are you more often then not just making people feel unsafe in your community #and making people in your fanbase who Also think it's okay be open about it? (which leads to them finding eachother and often together if #not because of an algorithm then of personal will which having a group of people with the same opinion studies more often than not shows #leads to radicalized but moving on)#so yeah if you say a slur you're encouraging bigotry in your fandom at worse and making the people targeted feel unsafe at best #but with what ops doing they're instead helping a community helping them feel better that they're not some trend at least #and further decreasing its marginalization by convincing someone that transness isn't just at most #so yeah :] tldr most things can be used for good as they can for bad and vice versa and try to view things with intent and most importantly #consiquences beyond just viewing superficial parallels

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