This is also mistakenly assuming that everyone in the same minority group speaks with one voice, know what they’re talking about, and the most devastating mistake of all: assuming we all have good intentions. It’s obvious that it stems from the age-old “if it’s a minority it’s good and pure” Tumblr adage (which derivations include “if it’s a POC it can’t be racist”, “if it’s a woman it can’t be misogynist”, etc etc). This is a really faulty line of thinking. Of course, your intentions might be benevolent, and your heart’s might be in the right place (who am I to judge), but it’s just…completely ridiculous. One: Minorities don’t speak with one voice. Period. No matter what group. What you see on Tumblr is just 1/12 of the pie. There are always at least 10 sides to the story, and subgroups inside minorities groups, all with different opinions and perspectives and opinions and how they came about to believe in x, and assuming that a minority group is monolithic is extremely faulty. There is no apparent causal relationship between what someone is/are (gender, sexuality, race, etc) with where their opinion sit on the overall political spectrum, just like there is no apparent connection between a person’s political opinion and their worth as a person. Two: Not all of know what we’re talking about. As I said in the previous point, we are NOT monolithic, and not all of us know our history, the magnitude of our own struggles, current issues, etc etc. Assuming that, just because I’m trans I’m more qualified to talk about trans issues than a cis person who’d spent a long time working with trans people is faulty. Obviously, my experiences makes me slightly more qualified to talk about trans issues, but that doesn’t automatically make me an expert in this area. Everyone had their own opinions and, although deferring to someone who’d been through certain struggles’ opinion is mostly a good call, that doesn’t mean you can’t ask questions. What pisses me off about this post is that it teaches you to just accept things without questioning. “If Gary, a gay man, told you that the word ‘weather’ is offensive, then apologise, kids, accept that you’re privileged and you’d never been through what he went through as a gay man” I reject completely this line of thinking. Of course, some things ARE offensive (I would be pissed if someone asked me about my genitals and the context is just casual talk/we’re not going to bump uglies), and you should never ask them to a member of a minority group, but sometimes, I learnt, people really are ignorant. And instead of sweeping your ignorance under the PC rug, I would rather that you start a dialogue with me, because dialogue is the first step towards understanding. How can you respect me as a fellow human being if I keep telling you that everything you did was wrong, and I never even told you why? Three: Assuming all minorities mean well is just, you know, not to be rude, but it’s fucking stupid as fuck. The world is crawling with abusers and sociopaths and people who just aren’t that well-meaning, and assuming that someone is Good and Nice because “they have been oppressed/they went through a lot” is just about the stupidest thing you can do in this world. Toxic people exists. Abusers exists. And they come in all shapes and sizes. So please, stop blaming the Cishet White Man ™, and began to see human beings as human beings instead of a bunch of boxes and labels.