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SEELE, the Throne of Souls 🔜 MFF
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nasty autistic deaf trans bitch 🏳️‍⚧️🧏‍♀️ 36 y.o. she/her @xxx.sleeps-darkly.gay www.furaffinity.net/user/sonozuchi i post 18+ stuff. and i draw multi stuff. living in New Zealand
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*taps on the sign*

The image contains a text conversation where a user named "stimmyabby" talks about how people use the word "respect" differently. The post discusses how some people define respect as "treating someone like a person," while others define it as "treating someone like an authority."

The conversation continues by explaining that sometimes people in positions of authority say, "If you won't respect me, I won't respect you," meaning, "If you don't treat me like an authority, I won't treat you like a person." The post concludes by stating that those people think they are being fair, but they are not, and it is not okay.

Another user, "do-as-youre-told," replies, saying, "This is so well put I am stunned."

The post is from November 16th, 2016, with over 727,000 notes.
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NJjamiesharp.bsky.social

This is why I typically frame difficult conversations around boundaries instead of respect, even if I feel disrespected

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PDkodeysbudhole.bsky.social

Omg.... That's exactly the thing...

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KBkilodynekez.bsky.social

I think one of the reasons authoritarian right wing types hate when minorities / lgbt+ folks demand respect is because they're so used to the "treat me like an authority" definition that they assume that's what we want, instead of hearing our request to "be treated like a person"

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Ccanray.bsky.social

And this so confuses us Autistics, because, well... "I, am treating you with respect. How am I not? Yet, you don't reciprocate? Is this not how we were told to do things?"

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Msilentz.bsky.social

Similarly, with people whose belief system was forced on them due to their upbringing/locale. Respect means you must state that their beliefs are true and correct, not just "ok I accept you believe that even if I don't" They had no choice but to submit to the authority, ergo you must do too.

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CTctartisan.bsky.social

📌

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Vvettelisun.bsky.social

Sad but true

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BAdrakebigshep.bsky.social

And never have I seen this more true than in boomer parents.

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SEELE, the Throne of Souls 🔜 MFF
@sleeps-darkly.gay
nasty autistic deaf trans bitch 🏳️‍⚧️🧏‍♀️ 36 y.o. she/her @xxx.sleeps-darkly.gay www.furaffinity.net/user/sonozuchi i post 18+ stuff. and i draw multi stuff. living in New Zealand
227 followers134 following1.2k posts