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mirandaadria: more-equal: fandomsandfeminism: andycappshotfries: Homophobia, transphobia, heterophobia and cisphobia are all fucking stupid. The solution is easy. Treat people the way you would want to be treated. A few will return the kindness and others will not. Some people are assholes, and your burning rage will not turn everyone into sunshine daisies. Have you considered: Oppressed people not being polite and tolerating the oppressive bullshit they encounter daily is NOT actually equivalent to privileged oppressors perpetuating oppression. This literally took a post about being nice to people and involved being offended

By suggesting people be nice to people

Like, it doesn’t even have anything to do with oppressive shit it doesn’t imply the cisphobia or heterophobia is the same as any of the others, it’s just about being nice to people regardless of their identity

Come on now this is rocket science NO ONE IS BEING THREATENED, HARASSED, HURT, BEATEN, OR KILLED SOLELY FOR BEING CISGENDER OR HETEROSEXUAL. NO ONE. NO ONE SAID THAT

Reading comprehension is clearly not your forte. That’s fine. Allow me to explain.

“Homophobia, transphobia, heterophobia and cisphobia are all fucking stupid.”

This sentence CLEARLY and BLATANTLY equates transphobia and homophobia with cisphobia and heterephobia. However, in the greater context of the first two, people are actually being killed because of them, whereas no one is being killed because of cisphobia or hetereophobia. Therefore, my statement is fucking correct and directly relates to the argument the OP is attempting to make in this initial statement; that apparently cisphobia and heterophobia carry the same level of danger as homophobia and transphobia. Newsflash: They fucking don’t.

Therefore, comparing these fairy tale bullshit ideas of “cisphobia” or “heterophobia” to the very real and deadly concepts that are transphobia and homophobia is BULLSHIT. AGAIN, NO ONE SAID THAT THE DEFINITIONS FOR CISPHOBIA AND HETEROPHOBIA AS USED HERE ARE PROBABLY HATE, AND ARE NOT BEING COMPARED TO THE SIGNIFIGANTLY WORSE HOMOPHOBIA OR TRANSPHOBIA

When a group of items are mentioned within a single sentence and described as “all” being part of something, that’s exactly what it fucking means.

Furthermore, why the bleeding fuck should it be the responsibility of the oppressed to “treat others as they would like to be treated”? That responsibility should fall squarely and primarily on the shoulders of those who are in positions of power and privilege, i.e. CISGENDER AND HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS. NO BEING A NICE AND DECENT HUMAN BEING ISN’T SOLELY FOR CISHET PEOPLE IT’S FOR EVERYONE. LIKE, THAT DOESN’T MEAN STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND TELL SHITTY PEOPLE TO FUCK OFF BUT IT MEANS DON’T BE AN ASSHOLE TO PEOPLE WHO AREN’T BEING ASSHOLES PURELY BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER OR ORIENTATION

You’re clearly only thinking of this on an individualistic level and not taking into consideration that vastly influential systems of power that make solitary occurrences of kindness towards the oppressed the few and far between. Are we supposed to start handing out fucking gold stars to every cisgender or heterosexual person who doesn’t treat the oppressed like shit?

It’s not as simple as just “being nice to each other”, and that was my goddamn point. These systems of power have to be dismantled and destroyed before anything like what the OP described can be accomplished. Hatred and bigotry are not so easily erased with just a smile and a handshake. They are taught, embedded, indoctrinated into the minds of those who are part of the privileged classes. THAT’S where change needs to start. At the top, not at the bottom.

“Some people are assholes, and your burning rage will not turn everyone into sunshine daisies.” Is this person fucking kidding?? So we’re just supposed to allow oppressors to be assholes, but the moment the oppressed get mad at being treated like shit, THAT’S when there’s a problem??? Admittedly shitty wording on OPs part but again it’s pretty clear in context that OP is literally saying don’t be a dick. That’s not the same as not standing up for yourself or being angry at bad people. It just means not taking it out on everyone who is kind of like that asshole. If that’s how the world worked I’d hate every group.

I know what the OP was saying, and my commentary still stands. You know why? Because what you claim they “weren’t saying” was exactly what they were fucking saying. According to the OP, being angry isn’t going to change anything, but if either of you lunkheads had bothered to pick up a fucking history book, you’d have figured out that anger and outrage are pretty much how most things have changed and evolved throughout human history.

I also find it amusing (read: very fucking telling) that you’d “hate every group” if the oppressed and discriminated took out their anger on every individual that is part of the group associated with oppressors and discriminators. Because I can guaran-damn-tee you, that anger and hatred is not at all the same as the anger the oppressors hold towards those that they oppress.

No. No. Goddamit fucking NO. No one with two brain cells to rub together should be agreeing with the OP AT ALL. OP is saying be nice to people, it’s pretty clear what the message is. Everyone with half a brain should be agreeing that that message.

People like you are so goddamn infuriating. Just, holy shit. I explained in detail why the OP’s message was wrong, and you want to sit there with your head light years up your ass acting like “I just didn’t get it”.

I’m not going to go into it again, how the OP’s statement is wrong and loaded with false equivalencies, because I’m tired and would much rather be playing Mass Effect than trying to educate your sorry asses.

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