sexhaver:obviously you should always take into account the viewpoints of people more affected by an.

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sexhaver https://sexhaver.tumblr.com/post/640402103491346432:

obviously you should always take into account the viewpoints of people more affected by an issue than you are before forming an opinion on it, but there are two important caveats to this:

1. no group is a monolith with identical views on everything. it is always possible to find two people from a given group with opposite and incompatible views on any given subject.
2. at a certain point you have to actually form your own opinion. if you try to be Woke by serving as an uncritical mouthpiece for minorities then you’re going to look like an idiot when one of them shows up with the aforementioned opposite and incompatible view.

you should hold opinions because you sincerely believe them and have researched the relevant facts and, yes, consulted with members of minorities affected by them. you should not hold opinions because you’re “listening to [x] voices” and nothing else. (Your picture was not posted)