Thank you for taking the time and energy to reply to this. I'm bipolar and when I saw itoldyousoso's comment, I was depressed and didn't have the energy to reply. Then I forgot all about it.
So, yeah, your reply was very appreciated 🧡 And also I just realized I could ban them from these comments, so I did :D
- ✨Beth
I am so sorry for dragging you back here in such a negative way, and that things went the way they did. Forgetting about it sounds like the sensible option.
I’d taken itoldyouso’s older comment as hopefully well-meaning but just old-fashioned. I ended up writing another long reply (please feel free not to read it, it’s just more rambling), which was probably pointless, but I’d like to think they could be open to changing their views one day.
Anyway.
I did the same thing with using they/them for authors! And characters sometimes, when talking about books. Though the use of they/them I meant with “very long time” was much older still. It’s really interesting that we had such different examples in mind!
The things you make are fantastic! You’re an inspiration. Thank you.
No need to apologize at all, I think it's noble and awesome when people speak out against hate, and you did a great job with that! I often hear people say that they don't argue with people to change their mind, because trolls won't change their minds. They do it for everyone who comes and reads what the troll says. Maybe they'll change their minds, or at least protect them from the hateful troll. And that's a very wonderful aspiration! 🧡
That's very true, too. Sometimes in books, a character will have a funky name, and they won't specify a gender. "They" is perfect there!
And thank you so, so much for saying so 🧡 That genuinely means so much to me to hear!!!
- ✨Beth
