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I really debated with myself on whether or not to make a thread over this just because it’s so fucking stupid to me, but here we go (1)
The person Michael responded to telling them that they’d “gone on about this the wrong way” has been harassing him constantly with their friends. They’ve said very rude things to get his attention, and at one point even considered calling him names (2)
This person is also trans. As a result people have been tweeting shit about Michael being “transphobic” because he asked a trans person to stop harassing him. I don’t know how that makes him transphobic at all but also I’m not a child trying to start drama on Twitter (3)
No one here is entitled to Michael’s time or attention. He interacts with us because he WANTS to. He could be like DT and not have social at all, and at this point I wouldn’t blame him with all the harassment. He set boundaries for himself as politely as he could (4)
But that’s still not enough for some people. If he blocked them or messaged them to stop or ignored them this would have been the same result. He cannot win with these people. Nothing he does will truly appease them so there’s no point in feeding into this bad behavior (5)
And I can’t stress this enough, Trans people, ND people, and anyone else for that matter are not immune to doing things that are wrong, and calling them out for that is not transphobic or ableist, and to suggest so is very harmful to those communities (6)
Do not infantilize trans and ND people by suggesting that they have no control over their actions, because they do. Backpedaling in an argument while using that as an excuse it pathetic at least and harmful at most. Take responsibility for your actions (7)
I’ve also yet to see any proof that OP has been personally attacked for their behavior. People have been explaining what they did wrong and now their friends are blatantly lying about how people are “attacking” them and “calling them slurs” which isn’t true from what I’ve seen(8)
I’ve also seen people take this as if tagging Michael at all will make him upset. I promise you it won’t unless you tag and harass him with multiple people for days on end. But I know that’s not what the majority of people here do. He likes interacting with us (9)
But you do not get to demand his attention. At this point he could even end up leaving because of all this and these people would be to blame for ruining the good thing we have with him. When you behave this way you affect the entire community, not just your friend group (10)
Also you do not get to be a minor on Twitter and insert yourself into adult areas and then cry when an adult tell you what you did wrong. What will be your excuse when you’re an adult? The children of Twitter need to grow up and take some accountability (11)
The fact that I need to explain any of this at all has me mentally exhausted. I guess the big takeaway here is that people need to start respecting boundaries or there will be no boundaries to set at all because Michael will have left for good (12)
This is not up for debate. The people that harassed him are in the wrong and no amount of reaching is going to help them. They need to take responsibility for what they did or leave Twitter because clearly they can’t handle it. That’s all. (13)
