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[–]112223sps 122 insightful - 14 fun122 insightful - 13 fun123 insightful - 14 fun -  (15 children)

When did GC ever go around recruiting people? People found the sub because others would bring it up and tell everyone how awful it was, they'd get curious and check it out, then realize TRA's are liars. That's how I found it anyway, went to lol at the bigots but ended up staying because it actually made sense.

[–]YourSister 70 insightful - 7 fun70 insightful - 6 fun71 insightful - 7 fun -  (1 child)

I found GC because I saw "Terf" being thrown around, and wondered what it meant. I found I agreed.

[–]RestingWitchface 57 insightful - 13 fun57 insightful - 12 fun58 insightful - 13 fun -  (0 children)

Same! Why recruit when they do the recruiting for us?

[–]InvisibleWoman 41 insightful - 6 fun41 insightful - 5 fun42 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Literally the same for me. It was mentioned so much as a horrible place you should avoid when searching for some gender nonsense I was interested in. Reading just a few posts had my brain tingling and lightbulbs going on. Saved me from identifying as not like the other girls nonbinary.

[–]Camberian 19 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I was "recruited" by TRA's infiltration of formerly left-leaning liberal media where you could discuss and debate just about anything. The actual recruiting then was done by Maria MacLachlan and her formidable website. No need for reddit for that. And Julie Bindel also may have been one of the voices telling me my misgivings had a valid basis.

[–]kuronekochan 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't even remember how I stumbled on GenderCritical, GenderTrender, or even the internet writings of some old-school transexuals who were critical of the current iteration of transgenderism. It was so long ago GenderCritical had only 3000-ish subscribers. I've always been a very live and let live person. If transgender activists hadn't started pushing at and lying about women constantly, maybe I wouldn't have wasted my critical energies on them. Beyond that, I have always balanced my readings by going to directly to forums for transgender people and reading what they were posting, as well as reading articles written by trans activists. It's insane that people like me are accused of being narrow-minded when I remain open to hearing all perspectives, unlike those who use the thought-terminating cliche TERF.

[–]PlannedParrotHood 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yep this is exactly how I found both GC and FDS.