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fandomsecrets2015-03-25 06:48 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2015-03-25 06:48 pm
[ SECRET POST #3003 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3003 ⌋
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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 043 secrets from Secret Submission Post #429.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Re: Safe spaces
If anyone says "I'm afraid of/can't handle gay people and need a safe space," there are immediately people saying "Why am I this big scary thing just because you've had a bad experience?" (Same applies for anti gay-marriage folks, it's "Why don't you want ME to be able to get married.")*
A group is the sum of its parts. When you're afraid of or against the group, you're afraid of or against the ones who make it up, especially when generalizing in the way a "POC-only" (or a "White-Only")room does.
*None of the anti-gay beliefs listed above are belief I hold, just the easiest example of why people are being contrary jerks to you.
Re: Safe spaces
(Anonymous) 2015-03-27 03:14 am (UTC)(link)I've deleted my account because this place isn't fun any more, and I need to stop spending my time here, but thank you for taking the time to listen and reply (and to express the point I was trying to make far better than I did!).
The moment we say "All x are the same (and we need a place where we'll be safe from them)" we are in prejudice territory and it does not, it must not matter what the characteristic x is, it is still prejudice. In the short term, it may be OK to say that straight, white (typically) men are a legitimate target because of their historical position of privilege but, in the long term, that will not advance equality, it will only shift prejudice sideways, and if we honestly believe in social justice, we have to point that out.
Anyway, thanks again!
Re: Safe spaces