people who donât understand neopronouns or therians are immediate red flags to me as people who probably donât understand neurodivergency, polyamory, alt subcultures, or paganism either. Basically just anything that isnât immediately simple and easy to define. People somehow seem blind to gray areas and nuances and I donât understand why.
âWhy not go by he or she? or even they? why does it have to be so complicated?!â
Because humans are complicated and this word fits xim better. Language has been evolving to be more specific for centuries, xer not doing anything different than he or she is.
âWhy do they look like that if they donât want me to stare at them?â
I guarantee your opinion was not the determining factor of their outfit choice today. Green is their happy color and spiky hair makes them feel cool. What other reason do they need? Everything isnât about you.
âHow do you identify as something nonhuman?! that makes no sense??!â
Probably because cats are the only creature theyâve known to not question their habits and force them to make eye contact. Maybe they relate more to animals than humans because youâre all so cruel.
âHow can you be an it?! Youâre not an object?!â
Maybe this person just generally doesnât identify with being humanized in general. Who cares.
âThis is all really weird they probably have some kind of mental disorderâ
Okay? And? Maybe they do? Whatâs your point? Whatâs wrong with that? Why canât they live peacefully with their disorder? Why canât they be a person with DID? Why canât they do age regression? Because it makes you uncomfortable? If these things are helping them cope and not causing harm, whatâs the issue? That itâs too complicated to deal with? Maybe you donât actually want to have a relationship with this person and should just leave them alone.
âI just donât get all the freaky chanting and stuff. Seems like demons possessing youâ
Oh yeah, you probably donât âgetâ stimming either, do you? Moshing? Nope? Didnât think so. Yeah wild idea but maybe howling and clapping actually feels good for some people. Maybe it even feels⌠really good.
âI just donât get how you can be multiple things at onceâ
You probably donât get how you can worship multiple Gods at once either, huh? Or even⌠be more than one person at once? Be more than one gender at once? Love more than one person at once? All of these concepts must fry your little brain donât they?
âwell sorry, I just donât get it. Itâs too much for meâ
Although I donât think itâs all that difficult, (hey buddy, are you maybe perhaps a little bit stupid?) you donât actually have to âgetâ it to respect it, or at the very least respect people. Humanity is and always has been complicated. Get with the program dummy.