Someone: If a member of a marginalized group is being bigoted, don’t mock them for their marginalized identity. Call them out for being a bigot. Mocking a trans person for being trans, a fat person for being fat, a poc for being a poc, a mentally ill person for being mentally ill, etc., isn’t calling someone out. You can call out bigots without being a bigot yourself.
Tumblr: So you’re saying I can never call out bigots!?!
Someone: Mocking a bigot for being a part of a marginalized group or having certain physical traits hurts people in that group or with those traits. Mocking a trans person for being trans hurts all trans people, mocking a fat person for being fat hurts all fat people, etc. You don’t have to care about the person who is bigoted or out their feelings above your own, but you should care about other people who didn’t do anything wrong.
Tumblr: So you want me to care about bigots and put their feelings above my own?!?!
Someone: Mocking a bigot for things other than their bigotry implies that those things are worse than their bigotry. If you mock a fat bigot for being fat, you are saying the fact they are fat is a bigger crime than the fact they are a bigot, that it is worse to be fat than a bigot, etc. You shouldn’t think that way. Being a bigot should offend you more than being fat. Same with being a bigot vs. being trans or a poc or mentally ill or anything else. Being a bigot is always worse. Being a bigot is bad. Being fat, a poc, trans, etc., are not bad.
Tumblr: Why do you think being a bigot isn’t bad!?!
Someone: I hate bigots but I don’t think mocking them for things other than their bigotry does anything to end bigotry. It just allows it to keep going as long as you can justify why your target “deserves” it, and that’s not okay. Bigotry is never okay.
Tumblr: So you don’t hate bigots and you think bigotry is okay. #Reciepts
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