pervocracy:

Tagging and trigger-warning/content-noting ought to be a neutral act–after all, you’re only telling people what’s in a piece of content, you’re not censoring it.  But deciding which things need to be tagged is never entirely neutral.

Imagine if every time you posted a picture of your dog, people reblogged it with “#dog cn,” “#dog tw,” “#dog phobia,” “#d-word.”  And every time you posted a picture of your cat, people reblogged it with “#awww” and “#hi kitty.”

Strictly speaking, they haven’t said anything untrue or negative about your dog, and dog phobia is a real thing that exists.  But you would still get the message loud and clear that these people feel differently about dogs and cats.