@Yanderemenhera also the labels genuinely dont mean sh1t anyways and dont change the fact that your gay so arguing over it is just a waste of time TvT
i feel like tye gay community is way too like, arrogant, bc i see ppl throw the words homophobe and transphobe over the littlest thing which
- just bc someone has different views then u doesnt matter, racism, misogyny, and homophobia require action/active discrimination. alot of ppl who think gay ppl are weird dont actually bother them at all, atleast where i live, and ppl are pretty chill as long as u dont act cringe, and even the hella attention seeking corny kids are kinda just avoided or side eyed, and even then, its not bc your gay, its not bc your trans, its bc your cringe af
(this is for where i live in western MA, ive actually met trans ppl who were actually popular bc they were just chill ppl who just so happened to have been born a dif biologcal s3x then how they look now. ofc there ARE ppl who will hate u just bc your non cishet.)
- accusing ppl of being bad ppl.... lowkey makes them ACTUALLY wana do smth bad TvT
by accusing ppl and tryna argue with them, your actively making them dislike your community more and giving them a excuse to not like you, and harrasing someone who doesn't want to hurt community while there are ppl who actually DO wana hurt yall
i feel like the first part applies to racism especially well, ALOT of ppl are VERY ignorant to other ppls experiences and cultural history, and willfully so, which often leads to them having [censored] ideals, assumptions, subconscious bias and ect., but i try to think of these ppl as what they are: uneducated and ignorant. its annoying, but unless your going out of your way to GENUINELY hurt POC because they are POC, i wouldn't genuinely consider u to be [censored] (esspecially with the n word, ill judge u and think ur ignorant for saying it but the word itself dont make u [censored], its the intention behind it)
ultimately, the best way to fight prejudice isnt by tryna cancel every person who offends you, its by using and spreading education and being the representation you want to see.
