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BJD Text Confessions is fascinating sometimes. I never fail to be fascinated by the increasingly elaborate edifices of denial, justification and immaturity constructed by pro-recast people to support their knockoff habits.
Case in point: Someone submits a confession, decrying the negative judgments passed on pro-recast people: "... I have to say that I am absolutely appalled by the behavior of a majority of posters in the recent recast firestorm. I’ve seen grown women and men saying anyone who would buy a recast is evil, filthy, a thief, nasty, sick, stupid, immature, greedy, ignorant , horrible and many other 'fine' adjectives. ..."
Since everyone has a [very loud] opinion on the subject of recasts, the number of notes on the entry swells. kaffeeundsahne, a truly astute, insightful individual, makes the following observation, which I am quoting at length in case the Tumblr gets purged:
"How different is it to insult and degrade pro-recasters from insulting homosexuals or other races. IT. ISN’T. ANY. DIFFERENT. People are people and human beings have goddamn feelings, especially pro-recasters. We’re the minority in this community and when we’re shot down and insulted and humiliated like that, especially by GROWN-ASS PEOPLE, it hurts!"
Got it, people? The institutionalized discrimination and bigotry that constantly affects queer people and/or people of color to the point where some of us die because of it is just the same as calling out recast supporters on their unethical bullshit. We should not castigate pro-recast people for their support of morally bankrupt enterprises because we will then hurt the feelings of the morally bankrupt. And hurting the feelings of people engaged in immoral and illegal activities is the same as oppressing marginalized people unto death.
By the same "reasoning," apparently, we shouldn't call out bigots on their bigotry, because even worse than being a bigot is being made to feel uncomfortable. I actually experience quite a lot of rage when reading the pro-recast bullshit justifications because the arguments are similar to those made by privileged people who want to maintain the oppressive status quo. There's also a crapload of appropriation going on in the pro-recast line of thought.
Case in point: Someone submits a confession, decrying the negative judgments passed on pro-recast people: "... I have to say that I am absolutely appalled by the behavior of a majority of posters in the recent recast firestorm. I’ve seen grown women and men saying anyone who would buy a recast is evil, filthy, a thief, nasty, sick, stupid, immature, greedy, ignorant , horrible and many other 'fine' adjectives. ..."
Since everyone has a [very loud] opinion on the subject of recasts, the number of notes on the entry swells. kaffeeundsahne, a truly astute, insightful individual, makes the following observation, which I am quoting at length in case the Tumblr gets purged:
"How different is it to insult and degrade pro-recasters from insulting homosexuals or other races. IT. ISN’T. ANY. DIFFERENT. People are people and human beings have goddamn feelings, especially pro-recasters. We’re the minority in this community and when we’re shot down and insulted and humiliated like that, especially by GROWN-ASS PEOPLE, it hurts!"
Got it, people? The institutionalized discrimination and bigotry that constantly affects queer people and/or people of color to the point where some of us die because of it is just the same as calling out recast supporters on their unethical bullshit. We should not castigate pro-recast people for their support of morally bankrupt enterprises because we will then hurt the feelings of the morally bankrupt. And hurting the feelings of people engaged in immoral and illegal activities is the same as oppressing marginalized people unto death.
By the same "reasoning," apparently, we shouldn't call out bigots on their bigotry, because even worse than being a bigot is being made to feel uncomfortable. I actually experience quite a lot of rage when reading the pro-recast bullshit justifications because the arguments are similar to those made by privileged people who want to maintain the oppressive status quo. There's also a crapload of appropriation going on in the pro-recast line of thought.