What I believe in - An explanation of my political views

I do not believe myself to be a radical person.

Maybe a naive one, if I had to pick a label like that. I grew up in a digital age, raised as much by the internet as I was by my parents, so my family's conservativism didn't stick. My first introduction to feminism and left-wing politics was pinterest of all places, which mostly housed reposted tumblr screenshots about sexism, racism, and homophobia. Now, I understand that tumblr has had a bad reputation when it comes to political talk, but the main idea of all these posts was "please be nice to each other," a message I'm sure we can all agree is good, unless you're some ghoulish weirdo. Some bullet points I may have less to say about, due to not being personally involved in the wider conversation about it
So, I started slowly absorbing these ideas, eventually maturing and expanding on my beliefs. What will follow is a non-comprehensive list of values I hold.

1. Body Autonomy above personal opinion

Body autonomy includes a wide range of things, all relating to one's own decision of what to do to their own body. This includes, at its most basic, choosing to donate blood, donate organs, have or not have surgery, get a tattoo, ect. Many people, including me, also argue that it includes:

• Intersex rights - "corrective" surgery on intersex kids who would experience no difficulties, for the sole purpose of maintaining the gender binary, is unethical and should be banned.


• Transgender rights - One's decision to transition in any way, including medically, only effects their own body, and should be allowed and respected. Any more arguement on this topic is either drenched in religious reasoning, disgust reaction, (which cannot be considered) or outright fascist ideology dating all the way back to Nazi germany. (see: the burning of books from the Institute for Sexual Science, which was denied in a tweet by known transphobe JK Rowling.)


• The right to abortion - Leading right back to blood and organ donation, even if a few week old embryo was a human being, you could still not force someone to allow it to grow in their body, just as you cannot force someone to donate a kidney for any child, including the person's own. Birth is often traumatic, not to mention that unwanted children often live in unloving families or end up in the foster system, which is in a terrible shape both in my homecountry of Hungary and in the united states.
  Finally, there is the healthcare aspect of abortion. A child that would, if born, cause their mother to die in childbirth, or die in just a few excruciatingly painful days or weeks, should not be forced upon the world. Abortions done for healthcare reasons are a horrible experience for the would-be parent, and so they should never be shamed for it - not that anyone should be.


• Disability rights - Disabled people worldwide are forced into infantilising and humiliating positions by strangers and caretakers both within and outside of their families. This includes people with psyhcical and mental disabilities. They, as adults, often have the ability to make decisions for themselves witheld. Many group homes for disabled people don't pass the Burrito test. The idea that disabled people are "mentally children" is a driving force for medical and domestic abuse. A recent example is a trangender teenager who recieved comments online saying that his caretakers shouldn't have allowed him to transition, despite the fact that his disability does not effect his mental faculties in a way that would prevent him from making decisions at all.
  I would argue that people experiencing mental disorders also deserve to make their own decisions regarding their bodies. Trans men are often called "confused autistic girls," a sentiment that implies that people with autism aren't aware enough to know what they want to do, effectively reducing them to human shaped pets owned by their parents. In reality, many people with intellectual disabilities know who they are, and should be supported through the process of becomning that person, if support is required. This applies not only to gender, but treatment plans, and day-to day life as well. Gender here is only used as an example.

2. No Culture or Ethnicity makes you a bad person.

This Includes every single minority. Yes, even the one you may be thinking of. I do mean it.

• No, jewish people don't rule the world, you just hold biases, and are looking for influential jewish people on purpose to justify those biases - making a small minority stick out to you more than it should. Historically, They were banned from many jobs in europe, leading more of them to pursue higher education and jobs in fields such as finance, which in turn lead to more stereotypes. Even then, it wasn't all of them that got wealthy, in fact, not even a majority. To quote archeology youtuber Milo Rossi, "You don't have to make up a fake government to be mad at, you can just be mad at the regular government." And please be mad at the regular government instead of pointing fingers. Please.