If you can switch the genders, sexualities, religion, or race in a statement and it immediately sounds awful, then it was awful to begin with. Seeing it any other way is hypocritical. Here is an EXAMPLE using the most common traits I’ve seen, for the intent of getting a reaction out of people. Keep in mind, these are examples and I do not endorse prejudice of any sort toward ANY gender, sexuality, religion, or race.
EXAMPLE:
"Ugh, all men are trash. I hate straight people. Christians should die in a fire! White people are useless.“
Now, some people would see this and INHERENTLY AGREE WITH IT. Let’s switch it around, shall we? Keep in mind while I do this that this is an example
EXAMPLE:
“Ugh, all women are trash. I hate gay people. Muslims should die in a fire! Black people are useless."
Suddenly, it seems awful to those who would have agreed with the former statement. Why? It was awful before, and it is still awful. Just because one subject in each statement was switched out for another subject does not mean that it’s ‘suddenly a shitty thing to say.’ No, that is not how shittiness works. It was always awful, it was always ignorant, and it was already inherently horrible. Sorry (not actually sorry though) to say that if you agreed with any version of any of these example statements, it makes you a terrible person.
It doesn’t matter if someone is white, they don’t deserve to be hated just for their skin. It doesn’t matter if anyone is black, latin, native, asian, or any other race, they don’t deserve to be hated just for their skin. It doesn’t matter if someone is straight, they don’t deserve to be hated for their sexuality. It doesn’t matter if someone is literally any other sexuality (or lack thereof), they don’t deserve to be hated just for their sexuality. Men don’t deserve to be hated for their gender, just as anyone else doesn’t deserve to be hated for their gender. Christians and Muslims don’t deserve to be hated for their religions, and neither do any of the other 200+ religions that exist.
Hating anyone for an aspect that they physically can not control [race, gender, sexuality] is wrong. It is ignorant, and it is ridiculously immature. Hating anyone for [something that can be] a choice that they make for themselves religiously is wrong, ignorant, and immature. I cannot condone either, and I refuse to sit back and watch as others condone hatred toward any of these things while standing up for another. It is hypocrisy at its finest, and it is irrevocably disgusting.
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