#just straight up bigotry

[mx-paint]

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#somebody better at wording it and responding to it can (and likely has) write this better than me #but like. doesnt it seem like any time terfs/transphobes will come up with something to explain Why they hate trans people #will just be like #just straight up bigotry #like the examples will be 'a transphobic guy was faking being trans to be put into a womens prison! #(yes he was already transphobic before and the place that this happened at separates more on gaab even if youre trans but ofc #that doesnt matter at all)' #or 'this transwoman is a pedo! (nevermind that other trans people are calling her a pos and refusing to interact with her)' #i could also get into the racism and misogyny and outright nazi propaganda a lot of them will promote #but i feel like a lot of that isnt something i can address properly #it feels like the only examples they can give is something that proves who theyre trying to talk to right by default

[junkartie]

the internet has genuinely rotted peoples brains. Yeah bitch some things are problematic if you view it under 7 different lenses and dissect them with a specific idea in mind but a lot of the time its literally not that deep. Everything is problematic if you try hard enough and it devalues actual real life issues

#this doesnt apply to straight up bigotry if you compare it to any actual issues ill kill you #just saw a huge thread on why drag is bad #like. ?. i guess. ok. but do i care. no #‘’it carticaturizes women’’ ok. im more concerned about the growing wave of women gloating abt being a stay at home gf #and complaining about education #and the rise in actual misogyny #the same flavor of misogyny that despises drag queens btw.

[medicore-alt]

sorry but im never forgiving people for excusing actual bigotry and assault because it was against someone they didn’t like

#like holy fucking shit #the amount of people ive seen who just straight up lie and make shit up to justify what they’re saying #if i see one more tumblr user saying ‘based gumball’ because he physically assaulted someone and called them slurs im -> #blowing this website to smitherines #USING SLURS AGAINST SOMEONE IN ANY CONTEXT IS BAD #saying to your friends in private or calling yourself that is fine #but USING A SLUR AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE INTENTION TO HARM IS NEVER EVER OKAY #ASSAULTING PEOPLE IS ALSO BAD!!!!!!! #i dont care ‘if they deserve it’ DO NOT ASSAULT PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY’RE BAD!!! #anyways sorry for a tangent but this has been pent up for a minute #seeing someone claim that ‘dream bought a minor liquor and recorded it for blackmail #’ does something to a person yk #dreamwastaken #dreamblr #tw assault mention #tw slur mention #tw bigotry mention #antis actually go fuck yourselves <3

[tomurakii]

This may get me legit doxxed but I cannot believe Astarion is the fan favourite bg3 companion. The racist??? The racist old man who frequently and explicitly confirms that he is racist and will continue to be racist?? And it isn't even like. Goblin racism or something like Wyll where it's because they're "evil". He's racist against indigenous people and dehumanises short people. Which are also actual real human groups. And he explicitly refuses to change that behaviour.

#like a lot of characters express ignorance. but Astarion is like the only one who straight up goes “gur and gnomes are less than human” #he hates indigenous people because he had one bad experience with one group of them #thats like. literally the exact same thing my stepfather says to justify hating aboriginal australians. hes a gross old man #I just cannot believe it. especially here on tumblr #where the general consensus is that racism and bigotry is bad and inexcusable. but for this one guy it's fine?? because u think hes hot #this is radicalising me into an astarion hater because I cannot deal with you people. this is not like. “realistic victim rep” #victims can be mad and jaded and not be SUPER RACIST ABOUT IT #bg3

[altschmerzes]

LEARNING THAT THE HOMOPHOBIA ABUSE-FETISHIZATION MISOGYNY TERRIBLE 'SPORTS FICTION' BOOKS ARE STILL BEING WRITTEN/PUT OUT???? PLEASE FREE ME

#I CANT DO THIS GANG I CAN'T DO MORE FROM THIS LADY #I CANT DO MY WHOLE DASH BECOMING OBSESSED W THIS GARBAGE AGAIN #I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT #gav gab #NOOOOOO #SOMEONE PUT AN E N D TO THIS #i cannot comprehend how anyone can enjoy this shit it's straight up vile lmao #the homophobia is violently disgusting the misogyny is overpowering #the racism is bizarre the abuse and trauma fetishizing is beyond fucking insulting #etc etc #also theyre just. bad. they're just Bad. #this woman can't WRITE come on!!!!!! #in the words of the shrieking shack READ ANOTHER BOOK #the fact that this woman's dogshit series has such a rabid fandom makes me insane #you really can write the most poorly written #bigotry riddled nonsense alive #and as long as it stars Beautiful Broken Emaciated White Boys #Who Brood And Smoke And Have Trauma But Only In A Sexy Mysterious Way #especially if they kiss #tumblr will fall over itself to fawn at your feet #it's insane lmao #i may take this woman's success a little personally #given how often my work has been compared to hers but also it's just #it's disgustingly homophobic and misogynistic and everything else #plus it's just fucking Bad

[crimeronan]

i'm always a polyshipper before anything else bc my own found/created family is a polycule & i base all my (healthy) written relationships off various irl dynamics of mine. i'm genuinely curious how opinions of my fave toh polyship skew amongst people here. answers to this poll will not change the way i post about them or how annoying i am about them though.

#please do not ask questions about whether the ship is hashtag problematic they are very very very tiring as a polyamorous person. #hunter and amity are typically metamours or qprs within this polycule; #hunter and luz can be either qprs or romantic depending on the author/artist; #them being romantic is not incest because they are not related did not grow up together and do not share a guardian. #ok questions Unrelated to these three things might be fine. i just know what the kneejerk discourse is and it is. So So So So So Tiring. #did my time in another fandom with a polycule involving a gay man and a woman as metamours and u would not BELIEVE #the level of viciousness hate discrimination and straight-up evil bigotry. i just Really Dont Wanna Do It For This Fandom #now that that soapbox is over. THEY #CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT THEM. IM DYING TO TALK ABOUT THEM I WANNA TALK ABOHT THEM ALL THE TIME #toh #lavender winter

[lovecatsys]

marvel is sooo obsessed with the "mutants killed my child so now i hate mutants forever" thing its so annoying. that is not how bigotry works lol

#there's so many things with x men that are so frustrating like this #with this its just kind of annoying but sometimes its straight up like propaganda lol #like the idea of mutants who are genocidal again. there's lots of characters who are like this that i like #but its literally racist propaganda #mutants would not want to kill the whole human race the moment they are liberated #the thing with sabra reminded me of that because its like a representation of a real world bigotry but thats NOT how it works lmao

[starlooove]

“There is no fanfic on Stephs treatment I have checked” that’s like the whole point.

#I’m not saying ur wrong bc it’s not canon #I’m saying ur wrong bc ur perpetuating the misogyny that got u there in the first place #and yeah imma take it there it IS that deep to me sorry #like this isn’t like a diff in opinion on an arc or smth #this is quite literally the bigotry that fandoms supposed to be an escape from manifesting itself again with a rainbow flag over it it’s so #like first of all not that serious but concerning to me is getting into smth without knowing the source material #u don’t need to know the exact timeline of events and which specific Batmobile Bruce had in every era duh #that’d be hypocritical to say I read character to character screw the timeline lmao #but it’s like. ur telling me u adore Dick Grayson and have never picked up NTT? #u wanna analyze the queer coding in Tim’s character but you’ve never read his og robin run? #u wanna talk about Damian’s character growth but you’ve only read Batman and Robin 2020s? #u ADORRRRE steph and cass and you haven’t even read batgirls #and that’s like nonissues #my issues are u wanna discuss how Barbara is actually so cold and cruel to dick for how she handled Catalina and you’ve never read birds of #prey and actually dick never cheated so (this isn’t me being hypocritical if you’ve seen that post I just lowk changed my mind) #or if he did it was justified or whatever #you wanna talk about how Jason and Roy are soulmates and you can’t tell me a single thing besides he’s an archer a father and an addict #it’s like ur putting shit out there about these characters and their relationships and you don’t know them #and more people who don’t know them see ur shit and do the same thing #and that’s mid level issue #the BIG issue is that y’all have not unpacked ur racism misogyny or classism enough to do this and then turn around and say ur fixing dc or #whatever. u have not done enough work to speak on Jason or Damian and say they deserve better whilst u water down their anger into smth #palatable and sweet on ur white faves. u don’t get to complain about how there’s not enough about steph and all u do is spread more made up #shit to infantilize tim. and I’m not saying I’ll never read a tim centric fic that’s ooc and stupid and have fun #I do that and I don’t talk about it bc that shit should not be the main writing you find when you look for BATMAN lmao #and even then they HIGHEST problem is that even when people make more content centering the woc poc and yes even WW it still doesn’t get any #traction bc y’all haven’t unpacked as much of ur racism and misogyny as u think u have #making hcs about tim being a Barbie and Jason being a feminist and dick painting his nails is not progressive when Steph and cass are #cardboard cutouts or the vehicles through which the white men discover feminity is ok actually and nothing else #and then Duke and Damian are the token straights or allies. like y’all are so sick lmao

[mynqzo]

Anons try not to be transphobic when talking about ophelia, yall need to go back to Twitter what is this 💀 she's gorgeous

honstly you'd be surprised with how tame tumblr and twitter have been in comparison to instagram when it came to ophelia. woof

#ask #tumblr is like haha thats a man #and twitter is like lmao thats a women?? #and then instagram is just straight up bigotry

[mercutiotakethewheel]

reading Interview with the Vampire right now and ive been having a lot of trouble getting through it largely due to how insufferable and racist the characters are (tho to what degree anne rice is doing that on-purpose is really hard to tell. im a little skeptical tho). And its really, really making me appreciate even more the AMC series and the earnest conversation it seems to have with the source material and the racism in it. and to some degree with a genre that is incredibly racist itself and largely excludes black voices entirely. honestly so fucking brilliant of the show to make Louis, who in the books is a slaver, a black man in an incredibly racist world who is earnestly and compellingly and furiously reckoning with his world (and his genre and his existential drama and his abusive relationship which is again so clearly tied into and a part of his being a black man). like its clearly made with love towards the original source material but louis (and claudia too) are just such a refreshing take on the vampire genres obsession with ultra-pale slave owners.

#iwtv #anyway idk maybe its gonna get good or im being unfair #blah blah blah historical accuracy they arent supposed to be good people its horror #blah #and i will admit the writings really beautiful #but this sure as hell will teach me not to be taken in by a five dollar half price book sticker #and also like wish folks would cling to the whole ‘historical accuracy’ thing in any way that wasnt just a blatant excuse for bigotry #like yknow historical accuracy is also that ppl of color existed and live through these times the same as anyone else #and have a right to their own stories #which is ofc what makes amc louis so compelling #and poignant #like louis just straight up sucks in a really boring way in the books #while show louis is over here delivering life altering monologues #and continously trying to grapple with and failing to and trying again anyway with his own life and situation #and doing that iver and over again #as time seems to outright refuse to deliver the change that it promises #anyway #ok i promise im done now

[killlerfang1]

There's nothing more vindicating for me then seeing people watch Steven Universe for the first time and realize that the show isn't the dumpster fire the internet made it out to be

#your allowed to not like the show but so much online discussions are straight up bigotry or lies #and its not even thinly veiled bigotry NO its just straight up unfiltered homophobia and anti-Semitism #steven universe #su #my post

[ablednt]

I'm going to be real that anti-intellectualism as a term reads like reverse oppression to me as a disabled person.

Like as a term it fucking tells you nothing because intellect, the concept of intelligence, isn't under fucking attack aside from people rightfully pointing out its roots in eugenics. No one is Oppressed for being well educated and there's not even really any measurable social consequences one that basis in specific.

The only times it's used in a way that isn't just blatant ableism is when it's critiquing willful ignorance but at the same time the term like.... doesn't at all express that? Just say that bigots are intentionally restricting information that could change their politics because they benefit from that bigotry, just say willful ignorance, intellectualism isn't under fucking attack when people are routinely denied basic freedoms and human rights based on their lack of intelligence.

#it just #god everytime I hear people talking about it it makes less sense to me #I cannot see one argument that it's a real issue that doesn't admit that either #1. you think disabled people are choosing to be disabled and simply lazy #2. you do not consider disabled people a real part of society and think they exist in a vacuum in space somewhere #so you can just go 'well of course this isn't about them [nothing ever is because they don't exist in my brain unless they're demanding #things from me] #like as if y'all will just fucking know who's disabled and who's showing disabled traits/symptoms just cos' #as if people who never read (and I literally mean never even your strawman 'has never read a book in their life' illiterate cause uh. those #are disabled people and/or poor people el em ey oh not some random republican #are the same as people falling into alt-right pipelines or spreading cult ideologies like #these are straight up not the same fucking problem they're not even related so why must we have a term that places the blame of bigotry on #the disabled instead of acknowledging he actual fucking problems? #like imo it's very similar to how ppl call emotional abuse narc abuse because they don't want to acknowledge that abusers just. choose to #be abusive like no bad people aren't anti-intellectual they're pro bigot

[innocent-until-proven-geeky]

i just think that maybe if your reason as a professionally diagnosed autistic person for hiding that diagnosis is that you don't like when other professionally diagnosed autistic people call something ableist... it's less that the thing itself isn't ableist and more that you probably have some internalized ableism to work through

#this is about the same person who said i was 'xesplaining' autism to them. completely ignoring the fact that i am also autistic and fully #misunderstanding how actual mansplaining works #also i'm very sick of the autistic people who get upset that other autistic people don't have the same experience as them and immediately r #resort to swearing and yelling and occasionally straight up bigotry Very Directly against other strangers on the internet #i realize i'm vagueposting abt an autistic person with a different experience from my own here but as a general rule i do try to be underst #understanding. it's stuff like the immediately going from 'i disagree' to 'YOU'RE AN AWFUL PERSON AND THIS IS WHY I DON'T CALL MYSELF AUTIS #AUTISTIC' or other things i've seen that just. really grinds my gears. the whole thing about being autistic is that it's a spectrum. ppl ar #are gonna have different experiences from yours and still be autistic and that's okay! #jumping from 'i disagree' to actively bashing on them as well as the community as a whole is a massive red flag #i don't know why i'm upset about this. it's been like a month since this happened and i immediately blocked the person #so like it's not like it affects me #but idk it's bugging me rn

[the-kneesbees]

omg transphobic kid had a civil conversation with trans kid AND asked for their pronouns?? character development

#jokes aside im actually super impressed #like he was kind of confused but trued really hard to be respectful #and he didnt quite know what he was trying to ask but his other friend helped him get his words out #i love seeing people try to be accepting #like REALLY try #not just misgender people constantly and say #oh but im still learning 🥺 #and never make an attempt to correct themselves #this is why we need queer education in schools #a lot of times bigotry comes from straight up not knowing #like if your parents raised you on the idea that trans people are Scary and Bad or whatever #and youve never sat down and had an actual conversation with a trans person #you would just blomdly listen to whatever your parents told you #because you dont know any different #bigotry is never excused but most of the time there is a reason for it #amd if you wamt to better yourself you have to try #reach out to people #ask question #you cant just say sorry and excpect everyone to forgive yohr bigotry #but you can work to earn forgiveness and fix whateve damge youve done #anyway rant over sorry

[nthflower]

Readcomicsonline commenters I can excuse media illiteracy but please don't be that much of a bigot omg

#they are not even hiding it #and its not just micro aggression or covered subtle bigotry #they straight up believe what they say and its just pure delusion #what did i read #piracy isnt a victimless crime victim is me reading that comments

[datastate]

personally, my general rule of thumb is that if removing the uncritical or romanticized bigoted parts of a media makes its plot/premise fall apart, or the creators have vehemently shown lack of care for their racism/transphobia/etc. and perpetuated it in their future works, it’s not something i’d want to interact with even under a critical lens.

#eg. het&Iia. tbb. and so on #hp & d$mp is a given -_-; #both for the creators' direct influence in future works and continued bigotry #jestersvaguely #idk like it's one of those things where...how much must you separate the original material before it's not that og material at all? #just make your own shit at that point. take what you DID find appealing (the traits of character?) and remove & replace that racist context #know the shitty aspects of it that it's praising so you don't carry that into your own work w unchecked bias #pick it apart for your own intriguing story with the small pieces that piqued your interest in the first place #just be careful not to follow the original material's same route -_- which you shouldn't! unless you #'re straight up pulling the major racist/pedophillic/etc. story beats that you initially claimed to criticize... #ugh. idk. does this make sense. i'm a bit delirious