#it's because he's sort of yk 'aggressive' and all. it's a bit frustrating that people jump to 'guilty' immediately for the ones like him

[astrxealis]

sorry one last: i think it's interesting how peoples own experiences change their perceptions towards things. like milgram

[sunnywalnut]

Yk it never ceases to amaze me how some people will be on the same side of things and yet there will be at least ONE person who instead of calmly questioning the other or explaining their own reasoning, will just go on and attack someone for some made up reason.

Like yeah. I might not have everything worked out completely and I definitely haven't studied thousands of textbooks in my short nineteen years of life, but the moment you call me stupid or a child, you've lost all of my respect.

At that point I don't care on what kind of information you have to offer me or the fact that you might be older.

No. At that point I don't give two shits about what you've got to say.

If you had anything worth saying to begin with, you could have stated it respectfully(as I very much try to do when talking directly to people, online and otherwise. However I can admit that when I am talking in general, I do tend to get fired up and aggressive because again. It's not targeted at anyone. Usually it's targeted at something that I view as unfair. Like people's rights to live and love as who they are).

Honestly, that's one of the reasons I've turned off anon asks. Because my blog has been getting a lot more footwork lately due to my Palestine posts, I've gotten a few people who are aggressive and rude to me. Thankfully, most of the early asks were respectful (even though I don't agree with their view points in the slightest), so I was able to just shut them off and not think about it.

But I worry for what it's like for bigger blogs than my own. For poc and other people who are openly minorities. For people who get flooded with that kind of shit.

To anybody that does deal with that sort of thing, I want to say I'm sorry.

Genuinely.

I know it's not my fault and I didn't make the world this way, but I want to say it because I've got a feeling that people don't hear that as often as they need to.

Some people are fucked up. Some people are angry and aggressive and take it out on others, even if they agree with most of the things you're saying.

Some people will just choose what to argue with you about, even if y'all are on the same "team" you know?

That's not your fault.

It's not your fault for being young, or impressionable, or falling for propaganda or things out of context(because let's be honest. Propaganda is MADE for you to fall for. Nobody's immune to it). The only thing you can really do is make sure you get as much information as you can from multiple CREDIBLE sources, alright?

I'm talking newsletters, podcasts, journalists, word of mouth, and yes, even social media. And not just one view point either. Even the "bad guys." Cause even within a whole group of evil dudes, there's statistically at least ONE guy who's thinking to himself "Man.... This shit don't feel right." And yeah. Sometimes he'll know his shit and be articulate, explaining the ins and outs of what he believes.

And sometimes. He'll word things horribly. And rudely. And he'll say some awful shit in the midst of trying to explain himself.

And yes.

It will be up to you to find value in what he's saying.

Because a picture ain't complete with only one half of it showing. You gotta clear away the dust and grime to get the rest of it.

And I won't lie to you. It's hard work. It's frustrating. It's disheartening. It makes you sick and sad and angry. But it's what you have to do if you want to make the world a better place. Not just for those that "deserve" it. But for everyone around you.

Because no world is going to be truly all "good" if there's still people who are being ostracized because of the way that they've been taught.

Sometimes bad people ain't all that bad.

Sometimes bad people just don't know how to communicate right yet.

And no, you don't have to be the one to teach them. That's something they'll have to learn on their own.

But just look into it a bit, yeah?

It'll do you some good.

Food for thought is all.

Goodnight.