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So one November day, I shared a tweet from @AndCampaign on Facebook that said "Christians, if your political or social positions force you to deny the importance of Social Justice or Moral Order then your positions need to change. The Bible demands both."
So one November day, I shared a tweet from @AndCampaign on Facebook that said "Christians, if your political or social positions force you to deny the importance of Social Justice or Moral Order then your positions need to change. The Bible demands both."
CW: Queerphobia
It& #39;s true, and after Grandma liked it, I figured, "Surprisingly, this isn& #39;t controversial!"
It was. It got partisan in the comments in a couple hours, which whatever. But the worst was a private DM I got that said, "Social Justice lol ok
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It& #39;s true, and after Grandma liked it, I figured, "Surprisingly, this isn& #39;t controversial!"
It was. It got partisan in the comments in a couple hours, which whatever. But the worst was a private DM I got that said, "Social Justice lol ok
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Obviously Social Justice is more than LGBTQIA+ activism (and I told him!), but this message disturbed me. For one, it was NOT the point, logically fallible, and just shitty. Two, this was in the brush of me working through my gender, which I still haven& #39;t broadcasted on Facebook.
I have no reason to think this person I never talk to knew about this, but it felt hostile.
The only other time I& #39;ve felt that sick feeling of dread is when a former teacher from high school wrote a blogged response to one post I blogged (which in retrospect... WTF???).
The only other time I& #39;ve felt that sick feeling of dread is when a former teacher from high school wrote a blogged response to one post I blogged (which in retrospect... WTF???).
Background: I once posted a college paper on site: a gendered analysis of XXY, a film ALL about gender through the lens of an intersex summer. Teacher "hated that this [analysis& #39;s relevancy] is even a thing" and "cautioned me in [my] choice of writing topics." I defended my work.
Months later I shared on my site advice I gave my friends for film school when one of them suggested I should. OK!
Teacher took issue with this post, but didn& #39;t talk to me about it this time. No, instead he blogged in length about it.
Teacher took issue with this post, but didn& #39;t talk to me about it this time. No, instead he blogged in length about it.
He framed "good advice" (his words) as coddling for snowflakes, indirectly bemoaned I didn& #39;t become Ben Shapiro, and regarded this and my film program as unfortunate products of Marxist leftism....
It& #39;s so BEYOND the point it& #39;s laughable, quite honestly.
It& #39;s so BEYOND the point it& #39;s laughable, quite honestly.
I would laugh, but then he ended his diatribe like this:
"If you fail to grasp the enormity of ideas or the true nature of Hollywood, you will lure many to destruction.
"But then, & #39;he& #39; already knows all about that, doesn’t he?"
"If you fail to grasp the enormity of ideas or the true nature of Hollywood, you will lure many to destruction.
"But then, & #39;he& #39; already knows all about that, doesn’t he?"
Given our previous exchange, the fact he put my then-pronoun in quotes after decrying, among other things, gender studies, and then, you know, that first half of the quote, it felt accusatory and hostile and I can& #39;t shake it.
And I wasn& #39;t even questioning then!
And I wasn& #39;t even questioning then!
I guess the point of this thread was this. I know from the way others talk about queerfolk means they wouldn& #39;t accept me if I came out or broached the topic. OK.
The worst is when someone talks to/about me and uses threatening queerphobic suggestions & framings in a pointed way.
The worst is when someone talks to/about me and uses threatening queerphobic suggestions & framings in a pointed way.
I don& #39;t like that personal gender consideration happens, but it just does without prompt. And you know what, with only being out to one person, I& #39;m able to work it out safely. But if I feel that dread from 2 who don& #39;t know, that& #39;s sick, but I feel so much more for open transfolk.
