Gender Badfeels
So, after seeing someone say that all cis people should shut up and immediately die, I have to wonder if I am obligated to commit suicide because I'm too much of a coward to appropriately transition.
Honestly I'd agree, if so.
re: Gender Badfeels
@Phorm No, you should fucking ignore them, because they've fallen prey to the same dumbfuckery that's plagued humanity since day one of our sapience. I've been screaming at these people for YEARS not to just recapitulate the mistakes of the people who oppressed us. I have the same worries you do now and then, but... you know, I think 98% of the queerfolk out there would go, "Um... you seem pretty damn sincere about being a queer foxgirl at heart. You are in the tent, and you are welcome in the tent." But I still should really stop keeping my mouth shut when I see people generalizing hatefully about our cis allies, who are FUCKIN' PEOPLE.
And yet, I am a hypocrite, because some idiot part of me just wants to say, "I'm gonna find a queer zoomer and backhand them for this shit." >____<
re: Gender Badfeels
@zebratron2084 I'm very sorry. I ought to have remembered that this kind of thing is a bit more than a little sore for you, before I brought it into your timeline.
I appreciate your support, and your kindness. I do really value your outlook on this, and understand why it bothers you so deeply.
I still can't really help but wonder, though. The people saying this stuff are likely saying it out of frustration and anger. They've suffered so much more than I have, or ever will. What right do I have to tell them not to blow off steam? And what right do I have to count myself among their ranks when I put in none of the effort, incur none of the penalties, and suffer none of the consequences they do?
Even if I don't consider myself cis, I can't blame anyone for looking at me and thinking that I am. I sit up here on a pile of privilege, unwilling to climb down because I value the asymmetric benefits it affords me.
Can't see that as anything but being a part of the problem, honestly. I can't get upset if anyone else sees it that way.