What Veglife and Pacattack said!
Spot on!
Here's the thing- I know that tickling can be truly innocent and non-sexual.
For us, there are times when it doesn't matter even if it is.
I've never tickled my nieces and nephews (Everybody's grown/ adults... no worries). I don't tickle my sisters, brother, cousins, vanilla friends, other folks spouses.... coworkers...
Again- I am fully able to separate my "fetish" from innocent, fun play. But it's out of sheer respect, sometimes decency, other times because I don't want to have to explain that I'm tickling someone but I'm not getting off on it.
I tickle people who are into tickling. I tickle people who can give consent.
I don't expect everyone to have the same take on tickling as I do. And- When I was young and into tickling, I probably didn't even have all these rules or even think about them. But at this point, I have absolutely no excuse. So if you're thinking you were wrong, you probably were. Don't expect all of us to cheer your on for that!
