Learning

It’s taken me years to learn and unlearn the things I know, college classes and articles and documentaries and discussions and lectures. Maybe this is also a privilege in and of itself, but I cannot fault a person I care about for being unlearned. If it were a stranger at the mall calling me a fat bitch, it’d be different. Them’s fighting words ALL DAY!!!!!! But I care about Liam, and I feel that I know enough about him to understand why he would say the things he’s said, why he would come to the conclusions he does, and why he’s upset about the things he is upset about. Does a beautiful, young, able-bodied, white, straight little boy with millions of dollars need empathy over you or me? I don’t know. But I think it’s unfair to give him no empathy at all. I care about him because he’s a part of my fandom, something that’s deeply personal to me. I worry about what happens to him