And I Hope That This Doesnt Happen Again - Tumblr Posts
2 years ago
"tbh we might have clowned on [aros & aces] a lil too harshly" bigotry. the term you're looking for is bigotry. denying communities their vocabulary and ability to safely exist because you think you're the personal arbiter of which identities are "valid" is bigotry. minimizing and infantilizing and harassing entire groups of people based on their orientation is bigotry. aphobia isn't some forgettable phase of being cringe as a teenager, it's bigotry that inflicted long term damage to these communities.
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I was there in 2018 and even though I wasn’t that invested into ace spaces it was still hell for me
the amount of bigotry and bullying we had to put up w/ for literally just being ourselves and existing is absolutely insane
like I couldn’t even follow general lgbt accounts bc like clockwork at some point they would join in ace discourse or reblog aphobic stuff
I do not wish for anyone to be subjected to the same amount of large scaled invalidation and mockery the aspec community has gone through
and I hope that this doesnt happen again