I do agree with you to a certain extent when it comes to B. I would never call her a slut for possibly having a sex tape (nothing wrong with that) but I don't have to agree with certain choices she's made, especially if those affect other people in a negative way. I won't ever have any respect for women who use children for monetary and personal gain (faking a pregnancy included). That just doesn't sit well with me. Sorry.
Oh my god.
The idea that sheâs âusingâ a child you donât even believe exists⌠and then saying thatâs why you cannot even give her the basic respect of acknowledging that she is a human person with the value intrinsic of being a human person⌠can you not see the fallacy there?
If you donât believe the baby exists, then you canât believe that sheâs ~using it for personal gain. Just in case that wasnât clear. Your own justification for refusing to treat her like a person makes no sense.
Thatâs like people being like âI donât think dragons are real but Iâm definitely going to blame dragons for every problem in my life because they CAUSED THEM.â Or something. Like I cannot even⌠oh my god.
AND! THERE! IS! NO! PUBLIC! PROOF! (NOR DOES THERE EVER NEED TO BE!) THAT! ANY! ACTION! SHEâS! TAKEN! AFFECTS! ANYONE! NEGATIVELY! EXCEPT! HERSELF! If the baby exists, who are YOU to decide whether that affects âanyoneâ (and lbr, you mean specifically Louis; Brianaâs well-being here does NOT matter to you and neither do the well-beings of anyone else in their lives) negatively? And if it doesnât exist⌠and you like Louis⌠wouldnât you be thinking heâs like, smart enough to have noticed by now and isnât being negatively affected bc heâd have to be complicit at this point?
Assuming that sheâs a ~scheming nasty lying ho~ is the OLDEST thing in the BOOK of cultural devaluation of women. Like society was basically invented around people having freakouts about not being able to prove paternity to those around them (because fathering children is still seen as a show of masculine dominance, which is gross, and the idea of ~being made a fool of!!!!~ was more important to dudes than, idk, making sure that babies and kids had adequate care regardless of parentage). The whole idea of âsheâs a woman with less financial means than the guy MUST MEAN SHEâS LYING SOMEHOW AND/OR TRICKED HIM, THE POOR WOOBIE BOOâ is WHY THE PATRIARCHY EXISTS. Men have been fragile donuts about this since time immemorial. They do not need women to be fragile donuts about it on their behalves.
If the baby exists and itâs Louisâ, you have NO validity to decide FOR him whether itâs a positive or negative. If the baby exists and itâs not Louisâ, then heâll be fine. We live in an era of paternity tests and lord knows he can afford to trilliontuple check if he wants or needs. And if the baby doesnât exist⌠then who cares? It wonât affect anyone in ANY way, positive OR negative.
Except⌠wait. Itâs already affecting someone negatively. HMM: BRIANA. THATâS THE PERSON BEING AFFECTED NEGATIVELY WHETHER THE BABY IS REAL OR NOT, LOUISâ OR NOT. Pregnancy is AWFUL. And online hate mobs are ALSO AWFUL. And being an international laughing stock is PROBABLY PRETTY AWFUL.
But again: either it exists and youâre upset that it exists, but doesnât matter because Briana is a person who deserves respect as a human, or it doesnât exist and that doesnât matter because Briana deserves respect as a human.
I donât mean ârespectâ in terms of having to LIKE her. Or even be NICE to her. I mean respect like âlet her live and acknowledge that her life has the basic level of value and worth that all lives have.â It is NOT a high bar.
Anyway, Louis has nothing to lose over this situation whether the baby exists or not, AND whether itâs his or not. He has the privilege and financial capacity to choose exactly to what extent he wants to be involved or not and his career, prospects, body, and lifestyle will be exactly what he wants them to be. âNot having to be negatively affected by a pregnancy unless you choose to beâ is the most basic cis-male privilege there is.
#HOW HARD IS IT TO BE LIKE âSHEâS A HUMAN WHO EXISTS AND I WILL TREAT HER LIKE A HUMAN WHO EXISTS AND IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO DO SO EVEN IF I DISAGREE WITH HER BEHAVIORSâ #like #just??????

















