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[–][deleted] 46 insightful - 3 fun46 insightful - 2 fun47 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

The way they go about their hate is so bizarre too. The other day I was watching a Graham Linehan video about the erasure of female only spaces and I commented that a lot of GC male spaces were still up on reddit (at the time, they've since been axed too). Some trans girl decided to comment "thanks for giving me another sub to report! that's nice of you." I didn't interact or engage because they feed on validation and being seen. But I was just like. Why are you here on a gender critical video for the sole purpose of trans crusading? There were no questions posed in good faith, no genuinely wanting to understand the GC viewpoint, only YAY ANOTHER TERF SUB I CAN GET BANNED REEE.

Most sane individuals don't go out of their way to get spaces banned just because they don't agree with the views expressed there. But this is why people are peaking all over the place. It's very reminiscent of radical Christians that tried to ban Harry Potter books when they first came out. For all of TRAs "we just want to pee" or "we just want to exist" or "we just want basic rights" they sure don't know how to live and let live.

[–]LiterallyawomanTERF IRL 32 insightful - 2 fun32 insightful - 1 fun33 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I didn't interact or engage because they feed on validation and being seen.

Good for you! They’re energy vampires,narcissists, and emotionally stunted adults with a victim mentality that get an emotional high off of internet fights...

[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

They really are. My kneejerk reaction was to say something like "Don't you have something better to do?" but I knew it would only turn into some back and forth nonsense where they're high off provoking a "terf" and I'm shaving years off my life by spiking my blood pressure for no reason. The thing they're afraid of the most and the thing that makes them the most angry is not being seen. So they're invisible to me when they try to pull that shit. Any rabid TRAs who try to get a rise out of me will be met with, dare I say it, a stone wall.

[–]cervix 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My kneejerk reaction was to say something like "Don't you have something better to do?"

No. No, they don't, and that's exactly the point. As much as it pains me to watch their online crusading, I'm starting to realize just how much of their free time a lot of TRAs seem to spend online. It seems to be more than the average young adult/teen. How else can we explain their omnipresence on every single social media platform, when they are such a tiny portion of the people we encounter IRL? For a lot of these people, posting hate online, reporting content they don't like, and being a general annoyance to everyone else trying to share an online space is literally their only hobby.

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

...emotionally stunted adults with a victim mentality

This is so spot-on.