dude.. i'm gonna temporarily remove you from my friends page. not because i like you less but because i don't want to see posts that i'm not allowed to voice my critique on...
[one more time, with feeling] if all you want to do with your non-trans male privilege is decide that your lj is [albeit temporarily] a "gender-(discussion-)free zone," that's fucked up and i'm really mad at you. i'm not saying you're a bad person for being male, or non-trans, or anything like that - rather, that you have a bunch of privilege and you should a) acknowledge it and b) make it a point to learn more about the experiences of people unlike you.
if you had friends who were people of color [i don't know, maybe you do] and they were talking about racism and race issues in your comments, would you decide eventually that "enough is enough"?
that is buh-buh-busted.
[again, i don't like you less but i'm really mad at you right now. cumulatively, maybe. dunno. you can delete this post if you want, i really just want you to see it and get where i'm coming from and why this upsets me so.]
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[one more time, with feeling]
if all you want to do with your non-trans male privilege is decide that your lj is [albeit temporarily] a "gender-(discussion-)free zone," that's fucked up and i'm really mad at you. i'm not saying you're a bad person for being male, or non-trans, or anything like that - rather, that you have a bunch of privilege and you should a) acknowledge it and b) make it a point to learn more about the experiences of people unlike you.
if you had friends who were people of color [i don't know, maybe you do] and they were talking about racism and race issues in your comments, would you decide eventually that "enough is enough"?
that is buh-buh-busted.
[again, i don't like you less but i'm really mad at you right now. cumulatively, maybe. dunno. you can delete this post if you want, i really just want you to see it and get where i'm coming from and why this upsets me so.]