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I'm not either one. I am voting for either Biden or Jorgensen, and I think trans women are women.

But I thought r/GenderCritical had something to offer. There was a woman there who competed in athletics, who posted on social media that she thought it was unfair that she had to compete with trans women. That was all she said, nothing more. Her friends bullied and gaslighted her, and when she tried to post on r/twox, it was deleted. Keep in mind this was a reasonable opinion to have not that long ago. If she had not found r/GenderCritical, she would have had absolutely no support. Similarly, another woman was raped by a trans acquaintance and all her friends didn't believe her and kicked her out of her friend circle. She was very depressed at losing the friends she'd known since being a teenager, after being raped. r/GenderCritical was the only place she could find support. Now, that space is gone.

I am also very concerned about Reddit's policy of disallowing hate but allowing it against "majority" groups, which I assume means men / white people. This isn't the liberalism I grew up with. I'm still the same liberal I was 10 years ago. Nothing has changed. And I don't think it's sustainable. You can't allow one sided hate speech without it being reciprocated.

I'm sure that Reddit is smug and confident that sites like this won't win out. Because we don't have the "network effect" and they have the first mover advantage. There were many Reddit alternatives that emerged in the years. One of the first ones, Imzy, was believe it or not from the left. So this site may well die, but I'm willing to give it a chance for the time being. I'm not at all against censorship of advocating violence or other very extreme views, but the way Reddit is going about it isn't right. They seem to be listening to a very narrow segment of activists.