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[–]Ferngully[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I go to these places online (saidit included) looking for answers and truth, but I feel close to giving up.... at least giving up Reddit, which is where I can find the most TRA discourse. I don’t understand Twitter, and don’t do Facebook or anything like that.

All actual discussion of this question even by trans people got downvotes. If the answer wasn’t a solid “yes” it got downvoted. And then when the person tried to defend their views it was more downvotes, and vitriol. I know as an avid redditor who has never had posts go “viral” down votes scare me. I barely have enough “karma” to matter, so it’s actually... valuable to me... idk that sounds stupid but whatever.

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    [–]Ferngully[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I replied to a comment someone made about this being just as bad as “whites only” spaces.

    I said that it is more like “blacks only” spaces, because black folks, like cis-women, are historically oppressed people.

    I do not have a problem with “blacks only” spaces for black people to be surrounded by other people who have had a lifetime of experience as being black. Idk. I jumped on a little late, but I had such a hard time following the train of logic, I felt like I had to say something.... I said it in a very respectful way, very open to being wrong.

    It’s crazy how scared I am to ask questions based on my fact-based opinions/understandings...