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[–]BEB[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

A lot of push back - between this and the stoopid Pantene commercial, the Equality Act, Rand Paul & Rachel Levine, Super + movement, and all the Save Women's Sports state bills, I'm wondering if the tide in the US is turning?

[–]germinare 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

God I hope so. It’s been truly incredible how many of us they’ve been able to silence for all this time, but people are waking up now. I think a lot of people were absolutely stunned to see all the violent insanity TRA’s stooped to during the superstraight thing and we’ve just had a big wave of peaking.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, I think the SuperStraight explosion was a lot of pent up irritation, and the trans activist response showed normies what women, and especially lesbians, have been dealing with for years now.

That poor kid who did the SuperStraight tiktok - I wonder if he will becomes some sort of future icon, like the guy who stood in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square ;-)

[–]woodrup 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’m actually a little afraid that he will become like the guy that stood in front of the tank, sort of. From most reports I’ve read, that young (Chinese protester) man died in custody not long after he was arrested. (I’d be really happy to hear otherwise.) TikTok boy can probably look forward to being hounded throughout whatever career he chooses, forever passed over for safer choices by schools, employers, etc... It already happens to talented famous people...

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

I think by the time this kid gets much older the tide will have turned in the US, at least I hope so. He is just a kid speaking his truth, which turned out to be the truth of many more humans. Pretty much all of us, except for the genderists.

I honestly think that women like us - feminists (and on this site it seems we come from the entire political spectrum, not just the Left) - speaking out will help others gain the courage to speak out too. But as many of us who can speak out without much risk need to now. And I know many women can't speak out, so please don't speak out unless you are in a safe space.