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Apparently I'm a scum bag. Awesome.

So apparently I’m a scum bag.   A “cishet” scumbag.   This is awesome.    Seriously.  Someone went on Tumblr (under the tags #cishet , #sexist and #pig) and said it, so it must be so, right?     I didn’t even know what “cishet” meant, until this point.   So hey, I learned a new word!   Actually, my internet friend (and yes, I do know who you are behind your Tumblr icon)...what I am is a person with an opinion, and the right to express it.   You say that you have the right to be what you wish, yes?   To express yourself through how you dress, how you speak, and how you feel? Well, so do I.   I am sick of people apologizing for who I am.   That was the point of the rant that angered you so much.   It’s an expression of what I view as my identity, and my feelings towards those who act ashamed of my concept of male identity, or who apologize on my behalf for my male identity.  I am sick of people declaring that I’m an oppressor, so that my opinion doesn’t have to matter an