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[–]JulienMayfair[S] 44 insightful - 8 fun44 insightful - 7 fun45 insightful - 8 fun -  (4 children)

Update: And now the T there are playing the "This is making me feel unsafe, and I may have to leave" card. What crybullies they are. One the one hand, they've maneuvered themselves into mod positions where they can ban anyone they like, but on the other, they have to play the victim whenever someone doesn't kiss their asses.

Edit: And now they've dragged racism (Strategy #2) into it, even though no one on the gay side mentioned race.

And here comes Strategy #3: Denounce anyone who disagrees with you as having "archaic ideas about gender." No has told anyone else that they need to educate themselves -- yet. The TQ+ congratulate themselves on being so sophisticated.

Edit 2: The shit is now flying so fast that even the TQ+ are attacking each other. One said that he thought gay men who wanted gay male only spaces should just so somewhere else. Another one attacked him asking if that meant he thought it would be OK to have a whites only group. (I guess by implication, the second guy is saying that it's not even OK for gay men to leave the group; they have to stay there and support the TQ+ even while they're being told to shut up.) The first attacked back saying that the second had a toxic need to "school" people even though they are basically on the same side.

Edit 3: Now lots of people are commenting on "how toxic this group is." They're not wrong, but they probably won't have the courage to say that the toxicity came in with the drive to be inclusive and centering of the QT+.

Edit 4: There are now 449 (!) posts on this one thread with people going back and forth, mostly trashing each other. I think one of the myths underlying the whole mess is that there is something known as the LGBTQIA+++ community. No, it's not a community. It's a bunch of people whose interests don't really align, and if you force them together, the only way to do it is by actively silencing dissent.

Edit 5: And speaking of actively silencing dissent, the Mod Police are now on the scene with this comment:

Hey, Moderator here. Just a reminder to flag transphobic and transexclusionary comments. They go against or community guidelines and have no place here. We don’t know they’re there if you don’t flag them for us. Thanks for your help!

Gotta ban the wrongthinkers.

[–]turtleduck23 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

can you post screenshots?

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not set up to, and I'd prefer not to, since it's a private group. I don't think a few anonymous quotes will hurt.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

is it a reddit group?

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No. We had (or had) or own website.