It Doesn't Matter What You Think, Stop Doing It. When Someone Tells You You're Doing Something Wrong,

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.

challenging authority, angering gods. the family business.

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waltersbelieveitornotemporium

3 years ago

let's bring back unsafe science. i wanna throw myself off a building with some paper wings and see if i fly and then go home later and inject myself with mercury just because i want to.

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waltersbelieveitornotemporium

4 years ago

Hi my name is Cruella Dark’ness Dementia Raven deVil and I have split dyed ebony black hair (the other side is as pale as my skin) that reaches my shoulders and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee (AN: if u don’t know who she is get da hell out of here!). I’m a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale white skin. I’m also an orphan because Dalmatians pushed my mom off a cliff. I am gunna b a fashion designr.

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waltersbelieveitornotemporium

4 years ago

Alright so, I've been interested in witchcraft for a while and I've finally decided to get into it. Now, the problem is every single time I start learning about something, another witch is like "IT'S BULLSHIT! DON'T FALL FOR IT!", so I'm just lost and very confused. So, can someone help out this 15 year old baby witch who wants to work with herbs, because I really don't know where to start.

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waltersbelieveitornotemporium

3 years ago