[rjeSTUDIO]: Cis straight white people are trying to shut Arkh down.

Reblogged from thearkhproject

[rjeSTUDIO]: Cis straight white people are trying to shut Arkh down.

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

witchsistah:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

alasweneverdo:

Can I just take a second to point out how wildly offensive I find it that they phrase this as “cis straight white people” as opposed to just “bigots” or anything else they could have said? Why is it necessary to specify what demographic they are? I’m white and cisgendered, and while I know there are a lot of hateful and ignorant people whose backgrounds are similar to mine, it’s sickening to see how people have been generalizing and making it seem as though the entire cis population is just terrible and cruel and oppressive. Prejudice works both ways, guys. Don’t use “cis” like it’s a derogatory word, or you aren’t any better than the people who use “gay” as a synonym for shitty. Period.

In general I dislike the term “cisgendered’ because it’s not a label I chose for myself, and more often than not I see it used in a negative context. So I hope the world knows, for future reference, not to refer to me as such. I don’t like it any more than someone who’s gay would like being called a fag.

feel free to laugh at this guy

Can we point at him while we laugh?

i encourage it

“As a member of an oppressive privileged group I am offended that you would characterize an oppressive privileged group as oppressive and privileged! I refuse the label of said oppressive privileged group because it helps me maintain the delusion that I am not a member of an oppressive privileged group!”

-Joe

Although I’m not going to lie, I think the first time I heard the term cisgendered I had a not too dissimilar knee-jerk reaction. I was a little more confused than offended but then I realized I was being an ignorant privileged douchebag and got over myself.

Wait a minute, so people who are white and cisgendered are inherently oppressive people? I’m sorry but fuck you. You are just as bad as heterosexists who are think homosexual and transgendered people are inherently immoral or racist people who think non-white races are inferior. You are still a bigot just against a different group of people and bigotry is never acceptable no matter which side you are on. Nobody has a choice for what sex or gender they are and no one has a choice of what race they are and acting like it’s okay to be a bigot against a group of people just because they happened to be “privileged” is unacceptable. That kind of attitude is not productive in anyway to the advancement of the human race and will just create new problems in the face of old ones.

(Source: thearkhproject)

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