That callout post was off-putting the moment they implied you at 13 somehow were at fault for romantically pursuing older people, like it isn't a possible red flag that someone needs to be protecting you. I hadn't even realized how many of their screenshots were from when you were 13 and frankly it's really cruel they used those mistakes against you when you were/are a child. There were many things you did wrong, but they were never issues that the public needed to know about.
I'm happy you had the strength to confront this callout and clear your reputation and I'm sorry you ever even had to do that.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ux9RFAUAj0UJc38BJ0jSbQ2kYXmoFWs3KDB4tKkQVWw/edit?usp=sharing
28 pages long. please share this everywhere you can. Please, please, please read this. It is very very important to me. I have spent too much time on this for it to not go anywhere. It addresses almost everything in the callout, except the small petty things that were deleted. I want to see this get more popular than the actual callout itself.
Thank you to everyone who supported me.
I fully and completely agree with ValRoyeaux and honestly could not word my same sentiments any better.
That callout post really rubbed me the wrong way when I first saw it. So much so I stopped reading it less than halfway through... It felt very reaching to me and I couldn't figure out why, but your own document really helped me understand why I felt so uncomfy about it. That pales in comparison to what I'm sure you experienced from it, though.
I'm so, so sorry this happened to you at all. My older sister is neurodivergant and autistic, and I myself have severe anxiety and depressive disorders. While I am not and never will compare you to me, my sister, or anyone else, I say these only as a means to convey that I understand. At least to some extent.
I am also very affectionate (sometimes overly so, too), so I hope it won't bother you if I extend a hand of support to you. You are a good and strong person. <3
(Edited to better convey what I'm trying to get across and fix some errors. Mobile typing early in the morning is never a good idea, oof.)
If somebody who is directly mentioned in the post, doesn’t understand what the hell your talking imho, someone messed up
So basically, you did stupid things like all teenagers do (especially ND teenagers who are figuring out how their brain works) and you were publicly bullied and called out by a mob of older teens? That’s plain sad.
As a fellow autistic person who is in their 20s you definitely made mistakes, but so does everyone. This holier than thou attitude works so hard to stop people from growing and learning. These people didn’t care about the people you hurt or about your education, they only cared about tea and drama. This call out post from my perspective as an outsider was an attempt at a character assassination and doesn’t belong on any art site. It was also made to serve the older teens who had made similar mistakes by pinning the blame on you instead. Probably because they expected that as an autistic young teen you wouldn’t have the tools to fight back. It’s predatory at the least. The demands for privacy from the other side whilst totally disregarding yours were also humorous, to put it very lightly.
You were all minors which means you were all liable to making mistakes. But these people are no longer minors, so there’s no excuse for this behaviour now.
Edit: the insinuation that you could possibly romanticise neurodivergence or mental illness when you experience both was laughable to me. It’s like looking at someone of another race and trying to say that they don’t really understand how their race is affected by racism. Just ludicrous.