The Unpopular Opinions of a Post-Modern Prep

Disclosure culture—

unknowablewoman:

It’s disturbing. 

No one is obligated to reveal their sexual orientation, gender identity or dis/ability status to anyone else on this godforsaken website.

STOP assuming you know any of these things about people just because you’re involved in an internet spat. You cannot fucking tell if someone is trans unless they tell you, and the same goes for queerness and dis/ability status. Can you seriously not see, SJWs*, that there are enormous social consequences that come along with revealing any of these things? Or maybe someone just doesn’t want to. 

If you’re seriously incapable of engaging other people in critical discussion without knowing their checklist of specific privileges/oppressions, I don’t even want to imagine how you must act IRL. 

*SJW = social justice warrior

(The only exception I can think of to this rule right now is race—I think, for obvious reasons, white people should be obligated to disclose that they’re white. Should mixed-race people have to reveal their status, though? What if someone isn’t white but passes as white? I honestly don’t know, and I’m curious what my followers’ thoughts are on that matter.)

I’m of mixed feelings on this.
Personally speaking, I’ve kept this one blog as neutral as possible in order to maintain anonymity and make sure that my ‘fun’ blog doesn’t get inundated with hate (which I have seen happen, and which I would like to avoid).

I do think that if you’re discussing things like race, bringing it up might be important. However, it does take the aspect of having to ‘credentialize’ yourself; I recently got into something of a disagreement with a SJ activist regarding hip-hop. During that argument, I was informed that I should take a seat because my ‘white woman tears’ weren’t wanted.
I’m not white.

But that’s neither here nor there, because the points I was making had nothing to do with race. So, I don’t think that an opinion is necessarily invalid because of someone’s race/ethnicity/orientation, and I think that having to disclose it in order to even make a point is sort of needlessly reductionist.

(Source: saturniinae)

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7. trinketsandtangles answered: I can understand that, I mean I don’t talk about my sexuality much. Even my mom who is WONDERFUL has said things that hurt on accident.
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9. itchy0618 answered: What she said. *points upward*
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    guys. There is no reason...don’t care. Fuck privilege. A fat lot

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    Follow up to the last post. I definitely agree that privileged people will have no or little negative repercussions when...

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    Absolutely all of this.

23. ghost-of-algren reblogged this from saturniinae and added:

    This. Revealing one’s status as a privileged person does not carry the same consequences as revealing one’s status as a...

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    Yeah, I realize now that I phrased some of this post poorly. I absolutely think some privileges should be disclosed when...

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    Wait what? That’s basically enabling cis people like me...talk over trans people about...

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    OH MY GOD THE BOLD i’m sorry but if you actually think any of your opinions have been formed with SOME FORM OF INFLUENCE...

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    funny, I was thinking about how I was really expecting at least...being ~kinkphobic~...

32. mhoffbauer answered: Why do you think white people should disclose their race?
33. imjustsarahcate answered: how can you form opinions about race in a social vacuum? Where do you live that you can even attempt that?
34. brainygirlcircus answered: I was agreeing with you, but I’m waiting for the tide of shit to follow.
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    I’m of mixed feelings...this. Personally speaking, I’ve kept

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    I’m racially ambiguous and do not wish to, nor will I ever, specifically identify...any...

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    In my experience with SJWs, the revelation of my race tends...actually damage my argument:...

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