raptorific:

I’m really tired of being offended all the time

I’m tired of not being able to enjoy movies because I can see that every character is white

I’m tired of wincing with disdain during every other TV show because of all the misogyny

I’m tired of being the bad guy because I call people out when they say something incredibly racist, sexist, or homophobic

I’m tired of people looking at me like I’ve personally hurt them when I ask them not to use “gay” and “retarded” as pejoratives

I’m tired of hearing that it’s okay for white people to say the N-Word as long as they would “never say it for real,” because the fact is if you’re saying it at all, you’re saying it for real

I’m tired of needing to be ever-vigilant on the radio in case Taylor Swift comes on because the slut-shaming makes me so angry

I’m tired of the fact that advocating for equality makes you the wet blanket, because I can’t “just let people have a good time” if it’s at the expense of the oppressed

I’m tired of being told the things that I find repugnant are not as big a deal as I’m making them, and everyone could just get on with their lives if I just “lightened up”

I’m tired of being told that my serious medical condition is just me being “melodramatic” or “attention-seeking,” and that the cure is “being strong” and “getting over it”

I’m tired of people thinking poetry is a more reliable indicator of the state of my brain than the actual science behind it

I’m tired of people thinking that bigotry is just another alternative opinion, just as valid as any other opinion out there

I’m tired of people misunderstanding “I respect your right to an opinion” as “I respect your opinion,” because a lot of the time I don’t respect your opinion, and I respect you less for having an opinion I find reprehensible

I’m tired of people using religion as a crutch to further their own hatred, because it robs legitimately faithful people of credibility and because I want no part of any religion that actually advocates the things people use it to back up

I’m tired of people without religion trash-talk anyone who does have it, because they’re just adding fuel to the fire that they claim they’d rather not have any part of. 

I’m tired of people acting like the most horrible things in the world are inevitabilities, and the best we can do is to treat the symptoms, usually after the damage is done

I’m tired of people enforcing rules on others, then getting upset when someone tries to apply those same rules to them

I’m tired of watching as the human race proves time and time again that we can’t be trusted to provide a world where the majority of our members are not living in subjugation

I wish people would stop doing these things, because I’m really tired of being offended all the time. It’s exhausting.

(via flamingzebra)