Even Then, maybe wait a little while and check through posts from the profiles of people who made you angry in this thread. Every one that you cited as being wrong-headed or ignorant is in fact intelligent and fairly knowledgeable, very much including Damen and Ironchew and Sleepy, etc. Socio-Political views and personalities differ pretty widely around here, though, even if the majority range from center to far left.
That is a valid criticism of my conduct and I wish I'd done that earlier. But you know, angry posting has little room for things like that. That's not an excuse, I'm still in the wrong, but still.
Horseshoe theory in action, courtesy of ace tumblr:
You know, I'm actually with you on some of these. Yes, ace and aro people are delegitimized and erased in society, but to call us oppressed on the exact same level as gay or trans people is pretty offenve. No, being ace doesn't automatically imply a respect of someone's boundaries.
i wasn't criticizing or minimizing the sources. i was listing them to show i had read your post thoroughly. however, blogs and the huffpost are more hip to the social justice plights around the world, moreso than the washington post, for example. therein lies the confusion.
Fair enough.
If you thought that was anything but a jab at the extremes of the special snowflakes, I will offer my apologies. I'll try to better explain myself and I will cut out the snark for this post.
I am fully aware that asexually exists and is a real thing, as is aromanticism, but I take issue with, and mock, the people who misuse the label in order to feel special. Focusing on asexuality (because I am most familiar with that); to the best of my understanding, asexuality simply means a lack of desire to have sex. The snowflakes (the target of my mockery) however, believe that you can have the desire for sex and still be asexual. To me, that is on par with never having the desire to have sex with other men yet calling yourself homosexual and that is something I find offensive. And please keep in mind, I am not saying asexual people never have sex, I am aware that they do for a number of reasons.
Yeah, your wording was unclear on whether you were mocking the very concept of asexuality/aromanticism or not, but I'll concede that I didn't think about your post as much as I should've. I guess I owe you an apology too. No hard feelings?
Again, it's not like I can't see where you're coming from either, and appropriating homosexuality like that pisses me off too. And yeah, wanting sex with people for the sake of having sex with people and calling yourself asexual rubs me the wrong way too.
I can't believe I have to point this out but: rape and murder =/= one-night stands.
I usually expect this sort of "men are uncontrollable sex beasts" rhetoric from MRAs, myself.
