#tw aplmisia

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PSA to aplatonics from an aplatonic former radqueer: Just because the radqueer community accepts you in ways that a lot of queer spaces and even aspec spaces often don’t doesn’t excuse everything wrong with their community. It doesn’t excuse condoning child rape by providing a space for pro-contact pedophilies. It doesn’t excuse people “identifying” as nazis and abusers and racists and saying that it’s okay because you’re not “actually” those things, you’re “trans” those things (but also trans men and women are totally real men and women). It doesn’t excuse the inherent ableism in being “transdepressed” or “transADHD”. I know it’s hard being called sociopaths and armchair diagnosed with every disorder under the sun. It’s hard being considered the “dirty little secret” of the aspec community, and being called amatonormative simply for living without friendship. But you don’t need to cling to radqueers to be accepted. There are other spaces that want you. You are wanted.

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Aplatonicism is queer. It always has been and always will be. Exclusionists can shut the fuck up abt it actually

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Here’s an aplatonic LGBallT comic I just finished drawing! My goal was to correct common stereotypes and misconceptions about aplatonics!

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I want to address something I saw while I was looking through aplatonic posts. I am not going to name names, I just want to confront this behavior.

Trauma is not an excuse to be rude or inconsiderate towards aplatonic people.

I understand that some people have trauma related to friendship, whether that is experiencing a split from a close friend, being forced to move away from close friends, or having extremely negative experiences being friendless. Your trauma is valid, and you should be allowed to talk about it.

What isn’t okay is hunting down aplspec posts to be rude and argue with people about their own identity, then using your trauma as an excuse when you are called out for aplmisia. It’s all right to not relate to any of the aplatonic experience because of your own experiences with friendship. If you need to, you can block the aplatonic and aplspec tags, ensuring you don’t see content that might bother you.

But it is NEVER okay to actively be rude to aplspecs talking about their OWN EXPERIENCES. End of story.

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So, I found this aplmisic post on Reddit,

[not adding an image description because it’s the same aplmisic drivel we’ve all heard a thousand times]

I’ve decided to reclaim the flag.

[image description: a flag with 5 stripes. The stripes are light gray, dark gray, light gray, dark gray, and light gray. The middle stripe is significantly thicker. To the right is a gray frowning figure crying a blue tear.]

The light gray stripes represent the rain clouds that water apple trees, allowing them to grow big and strong. It represents the growth of the aplatonic community despite adversity.

The dark gray stripes represent the bark of apple trees, which provides strength and stability. It represents the strength and stability of aplatonics.

The crying figure represents an aplmisic, crying because they have realized they will never be as cool and awesome and swag as the aplatonics they make fun of.

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tw for aplphobia and exclusionism

for the blocklist:

(Block this individual (url is greggorylee ) instead of engaging its not worth it. This blog also has shitty opinions on other things. Under the cut is a screencap of an aplphobic and apl exclusionist post by this person as well as the op saying queer is "q slur" . )

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SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN APLATONICS TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST

(Also literally if you're an exclus or discourse abt queer identities get the fuck off this blog)