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Time for a serious entry...
5 years ago
Hi everyone!
So, had something rather disheartening happen last night and I wanted to make something very clear to all who watch my gallery(s). A topic I'm certain I've touched before.. but I feel it needs to happen again to avoid any slandering of my name.
I will not drop names of anyone/anywhere.
First, the reason for this entry.
A discord I was recently a member of, a large gaming/furry community, had proven to be just as toxic as any other. I had watched the owners rip into people for the smallest things, belittle them, passive aggressively attack them indirectly... and directly. And it wasn't just the owners.. a few of their staff would chime in, making some of the younger members feel awful about making the smallest mistakes to the point they would just leave.
Opinions were never allowed if they dared to conflict with one of the owners, and she would go to great lengths to make sure they knew how bad they fucked up in her eyes. It was such an awful thing to witness and experience.
As of yesterday, myself and several others took our leave after just a terrible attack on a younger artist...we just couldn't take the drama anymore. After my leave, I was informed that that very owner took it upon herself to drag my name through the mud with a lie. A lie that has also caused once friends to remove and block me. A lie that made me look to be an absolute horrible person. I honestly couldn't believe what I had read...
She created a lie based on her mishearing what was said during a group voice call, where several people were talking at once. I had heard her in the background and ask why she wouldn't joined voice with us. What SHE heard, was me making fun of her for having a manly voice. So, instead of clearing that up, she believed herself, and thus created a lie that I am "privileged and insensitive" against those of the LGBTQ+ community. Those of you who have known me for so long know that is not, nor has ever, been who I am. I have always supported the LGTBQ+ community, have several friends who are part of it, and would never make fun of, or jest about anyone for their life choices. That is NOT how I was raised!
It pains me so much that I am once again going through this over a misunderstanding.. that someone, who is power hungry, uses her status to bully people and ban them on a whim if they even so much as have a different opinion, would stoop so low as to create a lie to use a "victim card" against someone like me. This is now the second time I have had to deal with this.. the second time I've had to defend myself.. and the second time I've had to explain my standing with people in general.
So, once again... I don't care where you come from, what you identify as, what your gender is, what your sexuality is, what your skin color is.. I don't care about any of that! Respect is earned, not given. I do my best to make friends with anyone and everyone, I do my best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, I do my best to treat others as I want them to treat me... just as I was raised to do.
I will NEVER belittle someone, or make fun of anyone for their life choices.
Its wrong and uncalled for.
and above all else... its childish.
Sorry for the rant guys.. but I needed to get that off my chest.
I love you all!
So, had something rather disheartening happen last night and I wanted to make something very clear to all who watch my gallery(s). A topic I'm certain I've touched before.. but I feel it needs to happen again to avoid any slandering of my name.
I will not drop names of anyone/anywhere.
First, the reason for this entry.
A discord I was recently a member of, a large gaming/furry community, had proven to be just as toxic as any other. I had watched the owners rip into people for the smallest things, belittle them, passive aggressively attack them indirectly... and directly. And it wasn't just the owners.. a few of their staff would chime in, making some of the younger members feel awful about making the smallest mistakes to the point they would just leave.
Opinions were never allowed if they dared to conflict with one of the owners, and she would go to great lengths to make sure they knew how bad they fucked up in her eyes. It was such an awful thing to witness and experience.
As of yesterday, myself and several others took our leave after just a terrible attack on a younger artist...we just couldn't take the drama anymore. After my leave, I was informed that that very owner took it upon herself to drag my name through the mud with a lie. A lie that has also caused once friends to remove and block me. A lie that made me look to be an absolute horrible person. I honestly couldn't believe what I had read...
She created a lie based on her mishearing what was said during a group voice call, where several people were talking at once. I had heard her in the background and ask why she wouldn't joined voice with us. What SHE heard, was me making fun of her for having a manly voice. So, instead of clearing that up, she believed herself, and thus created a lie that I am "privileged and insensitive" against those of the LGBTQ+ community. Those of you who have known me for so long know that is not, nor has ever, been who I am. I have always supported the LGTBQ+ community, have several friends who are part of it, and would never make fun of, or jest about anyone for their life choices. That is NOT how I was raised!
It pains me so much that I am once again going through this over a misunderstanding.. that someone, who is power hungry, uses her status to bully people and ban them on a whim if they even so much as have a different opinion, would stoop so low as to create a lie to use a "victim card" against someone like me. This is now the second time I have had to deal with this.. the second time I've had to defend myself.. and the second time I've had to explain my standing with people in general.
So, once again... I don't care where you come from, what you identify as, what your gender is, what your sexuality is, what your skin color is.. I don't care about any of that! Respect is earned, not given. I do my best to make friends with anyone and everyone, I do my best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, I do my best to treat others as I want them to treat me... just as I was raised to do.
I will NEVER belittle someone, or make fun of anyone for their life choices.
Its wrong and uncalled for.
and above all else... its childish.
Sorry for the rant guys.. but I needed to get that off my chest.
I love you all!
