I feel this will be incredibly controversial a statement (to some).

I am everything that encompasses a lot of the media biases ultimate enemy.

I am male. I am white. I am straight.

I’ve spent my teen and adult years being reminded that, demographically, I’m the bad guy.

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I would argue that spending my whole life, with a strong moral outlook, a generally caring character, and a desire to be nothing more than nice to people, and to treat them fairly, has left me quite psychologically damaged.

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I’ve seen reinforced through a good amount of my life, that if I am to be a good person to society, I must refute these immutable facts about myself (which is what I feel a lot of the woke left outwardly present to do).

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I am not ashamed of any of these circumstances of my birth, because I know none of these facts change who I am as a person. But I would be lying if I didn’t say the years of media and online drumming of this notion of me being demographically bad, haven’t took a toll.

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I am damaged by these notions, I have been for a long time. Because of these societal biases, I’ve been incredibly scared to share my views, and put my concerns forward, lest I risk severe community backlash.

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I’m a person who wants to be seen by what they say and do. Not by unchangeable physical and mental features of my birth. I’m still terrified to talk about my individual experiences while typing now, but I believe everybody should be able to freely express their experiences.

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I hope you’re well.

(If there’s any glaring grammar errors in this, I’m sorry. It took most of my mental energy to type, and I have no more to spare on checks).

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