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[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Detransitioners challenge the cult narrative. I remember when I was drinking the koolaid hearing that de-transition is very rare and almost never happens. Therefore, they must be outcast. They're heretics. They left the cult. If it were Scientology they would be "suppressive persons". If the general public hears de-transitioners voices the narrative gets challenged (similar to gender critical arguments, but even "worse" as de-transitioners come from lived experience of being trans). Therefore, de-transitioners must be silenced and ignored and they absolutely can't be heard en masse.

[–]Wrencer[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's even more scary when you read the answers to JK's last tweet and realize how TRA are actively shutting down detransitioners who wanted to use the opportunity of using JK's platform to tell their story. Some trans ppl say they're part of the trans community, yet most detransitioners refuse to be considered as "trans" (understandable, it's traumatic for them). It's very cruel to deny help to those who might need it, just because it shatters your happy little narrative. Even if there was only 1 detransitioner, they still need to be acknowledged, and not hidden because they're embarrassing for TRA (especially "former" trans men who became radfems). I've noticed that real trans activists are willing to discuss detransitioning, and it's a great thing! JK seems to genuinely care about women btw