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[–]meranii 25 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 2 fun26 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Yep, it's socially maladjusted people with low self esteem and no experience in life who have been fed the "hero's journey" narrative that they're super special. They've often been raised on video games where they can slip in and out of other identities, of course they think this is also possible irl. When we (the "NPCs", who needs empathy when everyone else is just a background character?) don't validate their transness, out come the insults and threats like they're in a Call of Duty voice chat.

[–]BEB 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Another great post!

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh my God I've never thought about it that way before.