TRAs were angry when r/gendercritical existed. Now they're mad s/gendercritical exists. It's almost like banning subs doesn't delete people from existence

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[–]venecia 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks for being here. I only speak for myself but it warms my heart when older trans people and younger ones who are capable of reason stand up to this absolute bullshit whereby the most oppressed person in any given place has the right to act however they want.

The backlash is going to suck for you guys and I am so sorry. People like you don't deserve it, and there's no way you'll convince them to change course before it happens.

[–]tuesday 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

it's your call to express gratitude for someone doing the bare minimum, i get that, i've thanked men before when they appear to understand and have concern for the issues women have to face. But.

I've been around the trans conflict for decades. And it is only in the last very few years, when they realize a backlash is coming and it's going to bit them HARD, have any of them bothered to step up and side with women. Prior to the last few years, they were all content to sit back and let the diehard extremists speak for them, and erase women's rights in the process.

[–]venecia 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm choosing to believe this person has been with us longer than that, but you very well could be right. I know it seems to be the truth from where I'm sitting, that rats are only just seeing the ship sinking.

The only reason I'm contrite is because up until all this bullshit, I supported trans rights. They shouldn't be called slurs. If they disclose dysphoria to someone near to them, using their preferred name and pronouns is an act of kindness and decency. I reversed my thinking on strangers owing others that emotional labor though, and have come to believe that pronouns are earned when someone is read and perceived as the sex they claim unless you are humoring a good friend.

Here's the thing: the backlash is going to be laced with a heavy dose of what right wingers think of trans people. If they thought the wrong pronouns were literal violence, they will not believe how quickly actual violence comes knocking. They are damn fools for thinking they can keep on like this, and even so, if they do, I won't be able to help feeling bad for them, especially the young kids who thought that being misgendered was the worst it gets.