The capacity that this website has for sheer toxic poison and actual stupidity/hypocrisy is staggering. Not everyone here agrees with feminism, (and tbh I understand why, with how completely misrepresented and maligned it is by tumblrites and various SJWs) not everyone here agrees 100% with transgenderism, not everyone here agrees with abortion, hell, not everyone here even agrees with freaking homosexuality... You know what is absolutely amazing though? These people are not all homophobic, anti trans trolls with no brains. They’re freaking people. Yeah, even the ones that ARE those things are still FREAKING PEOPLE.
What this means to us all personally is throwing the same hate and vile acid at them that they throw at us not only puts us on their level, it demeans us, and obliterates credence to our own arguments and beliefs. If you become a troll because of trolls, you are STILL a troll. No one is suddenly exempt from being treated like a human being simply because you disagree with them, even when said disagreement has become heated. PERIOD.
People do not understand that it is completely possible to coexist and utterly disagree. I am not talking about the trolls now. I’m talking about decent people with differing opinions and beliefs than myself. For example two of my best friends are santerian and wikian. Ideologies and religious structures that I not only find massively sketch but also highly contrary to most of my personal faith structure. Yet I consider them to be some of my closest friends like I said? Another example, and I’ll probably get fire for this one because of how ridiculously obtuse this website is on this specific subject. I have very different opinions and understandings of transgenderism/gender fluidity than most here. That is, I utterly disagree with the concepts in most cases (there are exceptions to this). I have not come to this understanding because of my religious convictions, but because of extensive years of personal study on sexuality, psychology, and genetics.
Now here’s the thing. My opinions don’t mean jack squat to somebody who is transgender or perceives themselves as gender fluid. They believe what they do for a variety of reasons, and that is their right. I understand this fact. People should be allowed to live their lives, and I will not interfere as long as they do not endanger myself or others. But I take it farther than that. I respect them, because they are people. I use their requested pronouns, I dialogue with them, I understand as best I am able, I make friends. Mutual respect is NEVER exclusive to one group regardless of ones personal perceptions on how “enlightened” they are. There is no conversation or dialogue unless there is respect. Treat people like people guys. Don’t be a dick even when people are dicks. Humanity is crappy. We don’t need to add more trash to the fire because someone was basic to us.
