Reposted from alt.poly

[firecat]

Apropos of a couple of discussions on wiscon lately I want to express the following, which I posted in alt.polyamory in a thread about said discussions:

Every time I try to describe my feelings about children it boils down to "Um...they are people." As with adults, I have all sorts of superficial thoughts about the ones I don't know - positive, neutral, suspicious, whatever, depending on my mood and their behavior in the moment - and I tend to like the ones I know, especially if they take an interest in me.

Also, I think that hate speech directed at any people is ugly.

For the record, I don't have or want children of my own.

Comments

[snippy]

That's why I posted "agism is not a feminist value." Not ever wanting to be around kids, I get. But why the venom? Why such strong feelings? The people who are so strident remind me of the lady who doth protest too much.

[firecat]

It took me a minute to get how "agism is not a feminist value" applies because I tend to think of "agism" as prejudice against older people, but of course that's not its real definition. Good point.

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Now that's a good line to remember!