So I've been thinking about this thread and I kind of realized that many of us are confused as to what parts of the social justice beliefs you agree with (general you that are answering questions). Since the title of the thread is to ask you (again, general, since it evolved into such) anything related to tumblr, we have to assume you agree with all the craziness or have no idea where you stand and what to ask you. The problem is, when this happens, it sounds like we are trying to play these "gotcha" games with you (and I'm sure some people are) because we really don't know the more reasonable stuff you agree with. So, I don't know if this will help, but I'll post the difference I see between reasonable social justice tumblr accounts and the lunatics. Now, I haven't read anyone's blog (except Gyeonghwa's, but it wasn't lunatic) so if I say "X idea is lunatic" and you believe in X, please don't get upset. I think this could be a good way to explain things you find more reasonable to people who find it less reasonable without people ascribing radically stupid theories to you or trying to play gotcha games.
The first sign that someone's is a lunatic to me is whether or not they see trans-species, otherkins, or transethnics (in addition to all the new trans fat & abled, etc.) on par with being transgendered. This goes from championing things like the wolf picture in the F&B thread, about how wearing a wolf hoodie is species appropriation, to answering a blog questionnaire "I identify as human." The latter being because I find it a tacit acceptance of such lunacy. Now, these groups are generally a bunch of middle class hipsters who want to be so different that they try to shoe horn a trans moniker on themselves. I think someone who is legitimately concerned with social justice should tell these nut jobs to shut up or leave whatever they want to call their internet movement. I believe when people start championing these causes, its not done because it's "the right thing to do" but because individuals want to be more openminded than thou. Further, I think the quiet social justice people who let these people pass themselves off as legitimate need to speak up. Until then, I will continue to laugh at a group of people (and their movement) who want the emotional pain and suffering I've endured over the first 20 years of my life or consider their religious beliefs on par with such. I will again re-state, people meditating as a unicorn in their garage do not constitute a marginalized group nor do they have struggles on par with marginalized groups.
Second, headmates. The social justice group as a whole needs to tell these people to get serious help. I'm tempted to offer this advice for the prior group too. Again, quietness in this area only leads to a tacit acceptance. Further, it's easy to choose many of these "headmates." Many people weigh pros and cons on things and have reservations about doing something. This doesn't mean there are two or more entities in your mind, it means you're normal and need to stop finding problems.
The third thing I see is using privilege as a weapon. I've seen over the blogs "check your privilege" or "your privileged opinion doesn't count here." Now, I agree with the concept of privilege, heck I see it in my day to day life. However, I've always felt that patience is a great virtue in trying to win people to agree with or accept you. I.E. don't use it as a weapon. When I try to explain such things to people in real life, I start with my own experiences. I explain how I have to work harder because people see me and think (directly or covertly) that I'm a sexual deviant, a freak, or crazy. I've seen so many people that when they find out I'm trans, they look, roll their eyes, and make a smirk thinking "Oh, you're one of those people." (including the dean of admissions for Washington & Lee Law). I thinking telling FPQXZ or Distind "you're white and straight, you have privilege, shut up" puts them on the defensive and less likely to understand how privilege mainly relates to the hardship or injustices various marginalized groups have to face that they don't.
I also don't take the sapiosexuals or demi-sexuals seriously. It's difficult to when 80 percent of people have such properties that would make them either of the two. Which leads me to...
Special snowflakes. The people who put so much of their life on tumblr that nobody could possible list the same characteristics. The people who identify as a demi-sexual, genderqueer, bobcat kin who worship the planet Omicron Persei 8 and are triggered by the word "water," need to get their head checked. Not to mention the various people who make up their own sexualities, genders, or desired pronouns. Reading many of the tumblr blogs that list all these (and much more longer/bizarre traits), it makes me feel this movement isn't about helping various groups who need it (such as LGBT-folk, the poor, handicapped, or racial/cultural minorities) but about the individuals in the movement themselves.
Finally, radical feminists. That's a given. We all know why.
Now, if you do buy into this, I don't think either of you three (Gyeong, Smurfy, or Wykked) are bad or horrible people. I, also, won't be so crass and say "you're young and malleable and will grow out of it" or something like that. While I may disagree with somethings, I do believe your hearts in the right place when you defend various tumblr things on here, even if I do disagree. Last thing I want is Gyeong to stay exiled from this board, I've always enjoyed him as a poster. Again, I think you have your hearts in the right places, which is far more than I could say for various people on tumblr who use a platform of acceptance-to-an-absurd-degree as a weapon so as to accuse others of bigotry.
Finally, I list these aspects of the tumblr community, again, not to say "its crazy, you must agree with it" but to open myself up so that you can springboard into explaining either 1) your views on such and how, if at all, they relate to the SJ community or 2) how I'm wrong in viewing such things as lunacy. Also, if you could explain the more reasonable things (than this) that the SJ community does discuss, things we would agree with, what would those things be? I've said its hard to take a movement with these lunatics seriously, it's even harder when the rational voices aren't being heard.
TL;DR, I'm on a mid-afternoon rant and IDK. Maybe in a Rousseauian way, by putting myself out there with all my views, other people can explain theirs a bit better.
