some of you have no idea how to recognise homophobia and by extension no clue when to prioritise addressing it. which is how we end up faced with bigots shouting “gays should die” and our supposed community hitting back with “does that mean asexuals are immortal”
i imagine this is because many teenagers inhabit online communities near exclusively and that means.. tumblr or adjacent spaces. there is a divorce from the lived and material homophobia that comes from living openly in, like, nowhere texas for example. there is a divorce mentally from this meaning anything or truly being a threat
humour is great as a coping mechanism, yes. but what are you coping with when the violence isn’t against you? what do you get from, when witnessing someone speak homophobic rhetoric, mentioning they didn’t include [x] group? is that the ideal moment? why would you rather be namedropped than defend a lesbian?
witnessing another group of people experience violence shouldn’t make you feel left out.
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