reece (ze/star/hy/shi)

Yeah, because I tell everyone the same things all the time, over and over again.

What I am telling you is not new. It is not freshly out of my brain. It is phrases and paragraphs from things I've said at least 100 times before, that has been revised very slightly each time from any failures that I've had in those previous times.

People will say they wouldn't make fun of a schizophrenic or psychotic person but then make "jokes" about people being insane and delusional.

People will say they wouldn't make fun of epileptic people but then get mad about having to add flash warnings.

People will say they wouldn't make fun of an autistic person but then berate people for missing social cues.

People will say they wouldn't make fun of visually impaired people but then call people lazy for not reading things themself or making spelling mistakes.

People will say they wouldn't make fun of an intellectually disabled person but then mock people who can't do "basic" things.

me: here is something i experience because i am visibly physically disabled, solidarity to other visibly disabled people who relate.

notes: could this also be about autism? or adhd? or an invisible chronic illness? have you considered that i want to be included?? CAN THIS PLEASE BE ABOUT ME?????

why can’t you sympathize with someone without making it all about yourself? are you able to listen to others without immediately discussing yourself? these are important skills to have when engaging with other people or with activism. not everything is about you. like, most things are not.

and in the meantime, we NEVER get to talk about our experiences without people breaking their minds trying to shoehorn themselves in and rationalize a reason that their voices should be elevated above ours.

1) thats manufactured rareness