What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

mountaingoatgrrl asked: thank you for what you said about the "in your prayers" post. I responded with the same thing but it just made me so mad because I'm sick of being shit on for not believing in anything. I'm glad to see someone on the same page as me. U.U

No worries! I have no problem with respecting the faith of others, but I dislike being pressured to share it, or pretend to share it, in order to make other people comfortable, particularly when a) they know I’m an atheist and b) I’m obviously feeling vulnerable and/or angry due to tragedy. Putting the onus for tact and politeness on the person who has the most reason to be emotional and upset in those circumstances doesn’t sit well with me, and that’s what really rubbed me the wrong way about that post: the idea that if you’re so busy dealing with a tragedy that you fail to be tactful about opinions you don’t share, then you’re an unempathetic asshole.  

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