So I've done some thinking.
And if like to low-key apologize for that "sure I'll 'harass' NH (/jk)" post. Even if it was clearly a joke and I made it obvious in the tags that I was in no way going to directly interact with them, and that I didn't support my followers doing so, given how many people are upset and have attacked them over something not-otherkin-related recently, the ask and how I handled it itself was in poor taste. NH is still an absolute fucking knob who owes people an apology, make noooooo mistakes about it, but if I had realized they were dealing with massive drama and death threats outside of their ridiculousness with the alterhuman communities, I probably would have thought twice about the way I worded that and how I answered that ask.
With that said: I still think NH was using those unrelated experiences to deflect valid criticisms from otherkin and try to paint otherkin in a poor light so that they don't get held accountable by their fanbase. I still think that NH asking for information about the otherkin community and then vague-tweeting about the longer responses they received and calling them "rabid" and comparing them to fascist harassment campaigns is wholly immoral. And I still think NH ignoring historical records and sources in favor of spreading misinformation and myth is just flat out WRONG.
But that doesn't make what I did right, either. So, I'd like to apologize for how poorly I worded that, and for not looking into circumstances around what was happening more where people were attacking them already for a post (for posts?) outside the otherkin drama at the time: there's a time and place for everything, and this wasn't it.
I'm not going to delete the post in question, because I feel like that just tries to hide what I did, and that doesn't feel right to me. And just to be clear, I am NOT apologizing for poking fun at them- I stand by the fact that NH couldn't tell an ant from an alligator if one bit them on the nose, and is someone who prioritizes their fake persona's pretend legitimacy over listening to the real experiences of actual groups of people. But nobody deserves to feel like people want them dead or hunted for sport, and I'm not trying to send that message. I was just mocking them, on the semi-privacy of my own blog, for being a douchebag to people who didn't deserve it. I hope this clears things up.
(And obligatory addition that if they already apologized and admitted they were wrong, or if they do so at a later point after this post is published, good on them and you all can ignore the stuff I said about them needing to apologize and stop spreading misinfo. I still don't like them, but at least now we can all move on with our lives.)
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