#proship thoughts

Why is it that antis are all for censoring media? Pro-shipping isn't something that's contemporary, it's been happening in literature for CENTURIES. As a BA English student, it worries me that critical thinking, especially critical thinking in regards to darker subjects, has been declining in my generation.

This is several paragraphs long, so,

TDLR : Critical Thinking is in fact a much needed skill, I am worried about my generation's ability to understand what's real and fictional, and worried for the future of literature.

besides the obvious lesson of leave people alone if they're not hurting you, the other major lesson I learned is:

not everyone has the same idea as to what is "normal" or "right"

One major thing antis do is act like you should just "know" not to ship certain pairings or draw certain things. They are deliberately vague about their own rules about what is acceptable or not. But it's like they really do expect everyone else in the world to share their exact "moral" compass (I put that in quotes because antis do not behave in a way that suggests morality, imo). Basically, they expect you to read their mind and agree with them about what is right and wrong. You shouldn't have to be told not to watch that show or ship that pairing, you should just KNOW.

Similar to conservatives, as usual. Conservatives also tend to hold some imaginary bar of acceptability in their minds and just expect you to know where it is. And they will punish you if you fail. Same with antis; they go out of their way to punish or try to hurt real people who made the mistake of liking something they don't.

Anyway, I used to have a big problem with expecting other people to just know where my boundaries were, what is right behavior, what is not. I caught myself doing this just the other day because I got mad at someone who overstepped boundaries I didn't tell him. I just expected him to KNOW.

Well I'm going to work on that. After my experience with antis and other similar bullies, I figure maybe I should give people the benefit of the doubt more and ask questions and verbally enforce boundaries instead of just expecting people to read my mind.