Saturday, March 5, 2016

Selective apathy for asexuals

I think the most messed up part I see way too often, is that you can get away with saying anything negative you want about aro/ace people. You don’t even need to hide it or make it subtle, you can basicly say things that equate to “I hate aro/ace people”, and a few aro/ace people would call it out. And it’ll just be brushed off as some silly irrational MOGII discourse. 

Does no one else find it frightening that people don’t seem to reflect on how they view aro/ace people? Think about it, the things people get away with openly expressing. I feel like you can be as vindictive of aro/ace people as you want, and no one will even reflect on it. As if aro/ace people are subhumans that don’t deserve respect anyway, so might as well not care if tons of people feel unwelcome and unsafe. And to be honest, the more I think about it, the more frightening this all gets.

Has it always been like this? Do people realise that constantly saying negative things and being vindictive towards a group of people probably equate to at least a dislike..? Do people actually care or reflect on this? I’m genuinely curious. Do you want people to genuinely feel hated, unsafe and unwelcome for no other reason than your shitty behaviour? 

I’m starting to think that people are grasping for the no-LGBT+ thing now so they can sleep at night, because there’s no reason to feel empathy for LGBT+ people if they’re MOGII and not LGBT+, right? I’m sort of worried this apathy will quickly lead to accepted and encouraged antipathy.
Like people do specificly say aro/ace, when addressing things that can’t even apply to all aro/ace people. And I find it surprising people don’t notices this or are willing to recognise it. How does no one find it suspicious? And what I find interesting is that a lot of these problems that aro/ace communities have, are just as common with other people.

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