January 2012
61 posts
Anonymous asked: I'm confused about #295. Depending on how long the commentary is and whether or not it is an upsetting topic, it actually CAN take a lot of emotion and effort. People look down on internet activism but just because you are responding to bigotry via reblog doesn't mean it's not emotionally draining. I know you don't know the context the submitter had in mind, but it sounds like...
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TILFT #296:
If I am not aware of something, that thing is not happening, or is only happening in small amounts or being done by a small group of people.
December 2011
349 posts
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TILFT #295:
It takes a lot of effort and emotion to reblog something and add commentary to it.
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TILFT #294:
Feminists can’t be homophobic/heterosexist.
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TILFT #293:
Criticizing a transgendered [sic] person for ableism smacks of a persecution complex.
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TILFT #292:
The etymology of a word or term is much more important to talk about when determining if that word or term promotes oppression or abuse than the way the word or term is currently used.
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TILFT #291:
Using misogynistic slurs doesn’t make me any less of a feminist!
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TILFT #290:
Telling people that they shouldn’t use ableist words is the same as trying to censor the Internet.
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TILFT #289:
If I think something is wrong, then clearly “decent people” don’t do it, and it’s pointless to critique. Because most people are “decent”, and everyone is just like me! I am unwilling to entertain the thought that the universe isn’t exactly the way I perceive it 100% of the time.
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TILFT #288:
People who have triggers but don’t have clinically diagnosed PTSD are just being ableist by appropriating the word ‘trigger’. Also they are, of course, whiny, have no real problems, and should get over themselves.
bindingaffinity asked: is it derailing if, in a discussion about social justice issue X [e.g., cissexism] you call someone out on slurs against group Y [e.g., ablist slurs against mentally ill people]? I'd be on the side of this isn't derailing but I've heard some convincing arguments to the effect of 'if someone was getting killed for being trans* then we shouldn't be arguing about whether or...
Anonymous asked: Most decent people actually don't use ableism to call out otherkin and aces and the "transabled"/"transethnic" for their appropriative bullshit. Nice strawman, though.
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TILFT #287:
People who use trigger warnings for things like ableist language are misusing trigger warnings and making them seem pointless! Now here’s a joke where I do a post with a trigger warning and there’s gun under the cut.
earthlingonly asked: It actually perpetuates racism for a POC to use the term "cracker" as it is a reference to "whip cracker". A POC using this term against a perceived white oppressor is basically enforcing past oppression thereby giving the oppressor power. Does the term hurt a white person? No. Does it hurt a POC? Potentially. Does this make sense? You probably don't like to get into this...
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TILFT #286:
If I don’t agree with/understand/like an identity, I can use ableism to rip it apart and still be a popular and respected SJ blogger.
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TILFT #285:
Upon discovering a subculture of people on the Internet, whose members I have no knowledge about besides their membership in this subculture, it makes total sense for me to assume that they’re all or mostly rich white able cis kids.
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TILFT #284:
I in no way want to make light of legitimate issues. It’s just the obviously faked ones that have no basis in medical science that I have issues with.
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If you're sending submissions through the ask box,...
Thank you!
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purplegoesbothways asked: I think it's hilarious when white people get all upset when POC call them cracker and go 'That's Racist!!!!!!!!!"
Anonymous asked: Why is it racist if a white person calls someone of another race by a racial slur, but not if a PoC calls a white person a similar slur?
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TILFT #283:
All arguments can be won by proving that you have less privilege than the other person/people, regardless of the topic, your opinion on it, or even your knowledge about it.
Anonymous asked: I don't think no one on Tumblr knows what Gender really is. Or Science. Or simple Logic.
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TILFT #282:
Nobody is ever allowed to draw parallels between white/POC racism and antisemitism ever because it never has ANY similarities!
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TILFT #281:
Everyone on the internet is middle class. When subjects surrounding class are brought up, they can be safely dismissed as middle class people “scoring points”. Anyone who claims to be poor is obviously lying; poor people aren’treally poor if they can use the internet.
#sarcasm
Things I Learned From Tumblr: TILFT #280: [ableist... →
glasgowbyproxy:
ALSO, QUIT USING TRIGGER WARNINGS THAT DO NOT TRIGGER ANYONE. Especially if the subject of the warning is like the entire topic of your blog.
Kay, few things,
Ableist language does, actually, in fact, trigger some people.
Ableist language is not the entire topic of this blog.
That wasn’t a trigger warning. You may note this from a lack of the words...
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TILFT #280: [ableist language]
OK, so we’ve decided that a certain term you are using within your own group is harmful to our group, so we want you to come up with a new term to replace it. Except… the only term we really want you to use is this one. NO, we don’t care that this term is harmful to your group; since we’re more oppressed than you, you’ll do as we say regardless of the impact on you, otherwise you’re just being...
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TILFT #279:
People oppressing others is not a problem. People calling things oppression is.
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TILFT #278:
HARASSING SOMEONE FOR NOT HATING THE SAME PEOPLE YOU DO IS NOT OKAY. EVER.
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TILFT #277:
Only pretty, feminine girls can like Disney and deserve to have a Princess to identify with. Also, you’re never allowed to criticize Disney - they’re perfect and criticism just ruins people’s childhoods!
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TILFT #276:
If there’s a body of concepts that I don’t understand or just don’t agree with, I can just ask pretty please with sugar on top for people on tumblr never to discuss them at all, ever.
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TILFT #275:
Able people get to decide what is and isn’t ableist.
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TILFT #274:
It started on South Park! It can’t POSSIBLY be ableist!
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TILFT #273:
When explaining why trans people are different than otherkin, it is perfectly okay to use words and logic that erase nonbinary trans people completely, like saying that trans people [implying all of them] have psychological traits associated with the opposite sex.
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TILFT #272:
There’s nothing broken about language being dissected and decided upon primarily by people who have college educations or adequate primary education that makes it possible for them to pursue college. There’s certainly nothing wrong with every discussion about language being held on an academic level that isn’t accessible to people without that kind of training. If you don’t have the mental...
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TILFT #271:
Vague trigger warnings (like “tw: stuff” or “tw: lots of shit” or “tw: bad things”) are completely and totally useless.
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TILFT #270:
You can appropriate species.
Anonymous asked: Re: 262. Do you personally think that saying "I don't like bald/shaved genitals, they look too pre-pubescent." comes under this? Or is it when you add "& are only doing it for the male gaze"? Or perhaps is it when you are using that as a reason to tell people how to have their pubes? (as opposed to saying why you don't shave or why you avoid certain porn...
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TILFT #269:
Passing “privilege” is always 100% privilege indistinguishable from actually having privilege in that particular axis, and the erasure or denial of identity inherent in passing as privileged is never a manifestation or component of oppression. We know this because it’s called passing PRIVILEGE. If it were called passing oppression it would be a different matter entirely.
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TILFT #268:
It is possible to appropriate from yourself and groups you are a member of.
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TILFT #267:
Someone making a personal choice not to use certain words because they might offend someone they care about is offensive.
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TILFT #266:
Feminists have no place in atheist communities.
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TILFT #265:
It is completely possible to criticize someone’s deplorable actions and behaviors without bullying them about their identity.
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TILFT #264:
If a person with one kind of privilege calls out someone lacking in said privilege for being ableist, the privileged person is being (x)ist.
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TILFT #263:
Telling people you hope they die is totally less offensive than a trans person talking about the way various experiences of theirs feel for them.
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TILFT #262:
Saying that you have a strong preference for shaved genitals or that women are more attractive with shaved genitals is policing women’s bodies and wrong.
Saying that women who shave look like children and are only doing it for the male gaze is perfectly okay, however.
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TILFT #261:
If someone calls you hateful, they are saying you are a bigot and that the group or person you are being hateful against is oppressed.
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TILFT #260:
You’re not allowed to have mental health problems if you’re privileged on certain axes.
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TILFT #259:
I reserve the right to be an ass because you’re delusional and have mental problems.
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TILFT #258:
All SJ advocates reserve the right to use ableist language to insult -ists and not be called ableists for it.
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TILFT #257: [ableist language]
As long as the other user is younger than me, I can dismiss them as a dumb kid and not heed a word they type, especially if they claim to be an otherkin with actual problems. After all, only older people have problems.