ColonizationHow to Kill a Subreddit

submitted by JulienMayfair from self.LGBDropTheT

I decided to take a peek at the remains of r/ainbow, and it was worse than I expected. It used to have a lot of LGB content and discussion a few years ago, but now, many of the posts have no comments at all. Of course, the most upvoted posts are about pronouns and making sure the T get called by the right names when after they die.

The woke TQ+ mob appears to have driven most sensible people away.

Meanwhile, r/askgaybros, so often denounced for its transphobia, is quite busy.

It's almost as though our gender ideology overlords aren't really that popular with the rank and file.

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[–]dreamgermsbisexual nightmare 44 insightful - 1 fun44 insightful - 0 fun45 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s almost like if you bully and ban people for expressing any opinion that isn’t constant feverous admiration and adoration for trans ideology, the well of conversation dries up pretty quick.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 37 insightful - 4 fun37 insightful - 3 fun38 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Those lgbtq++ subs have so little participation it's hilarious. They just get token topic upvotes for being lgbtq but no one really cares about about what in them anymore. You know it's bad when the active readers to subbed ratio is 1:1000.

[–]censorshipment 26 insightful - 11 fun26 insightful - 10 fun27 insightful - 11 fun -  (4 children)

Just sorted posts by most comments in past year and saw this 3 month old post...

There 👏 is 👏 no 👏 sexual 👏 orientation 👏 that 👏 excludes 👏 transgender 👏 or 👏 non-binary 👏 people 👏 Stop trying to legitimise transphobia as normal - https://np.reddit.com/r/ainbow/comments/kazc7r/there_is_no_sexual_orientation_that_excludes/

With all misinformation about bisexuality and pansexuality (who have always co existed) Why have so many people just accepted without question that the lgbt movement would include a transphobic and non binary excluding orientation by trying to claim bisexuality excludes transgender and non binary people? Especially since on social media it’s risked some spaces as less safe for trans and non binary bis and pans who have always been here

Social prejudices people are raised in make transphobes, it’s not a sexual orientation

[–]dreamgermsbisexual nightmare 37 insightful - 2 fun37 insightful - 1 fun38 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Oh yes, time to bring out the bisexuals because we’re never supposed to have boundaries or limits. If we do, we’re just lesser beings who haven’t “evolved” into pansexuality. And non-binary people are not a third sex, they are still men or women. Nonsense, all a bunch of nonsense.

[–]censorshipment 15 insightful - 13 fun15 insightful - 12 fun16 insightful - 13 fun -  (1 child)

Sometimes, I talk shit about bisexuality/bisexuals... but one of the qualities I admire about bi people is the selective/picky dating. I don't think y'all are "greedy"... quite the damn opposite. 😂

[–]dreamgermsbisexual nightmare 19 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

TBH, there can be some really terrible bisexuals out there who make the rest of us look bad. I don’t mind a little shit talking from gay people 😜

[–]fuck_reddit 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

“Which have always co-existed” it takes them all of two days to declare a fabrication the revealed word of God... also I love the tacit assumption that gasp the LGBT community would never have included a sexuality which excludes trans people... as if gay men and Lesbians gave two shits about trans people while fighting for the right to have their own bars and not be arrested...

[–]deliciousdogfoodmy name isnt a puppyplay reference i swear 27 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Crybullies aren't typically known for being popular with their victims.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 23 insightful - 6 fun23 insightful - 5 fun24 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

Cuz not only are they unrepentant bullies... they are also colossal bores.

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

they are also colossal bores.

So true, and this is true for most wokesters. Once you've embraced the groupthink, I already know what you're going to say about everything.

This was already evident in academic conferences years ago. Once you'd heard what they were talking about and the "theory" they subscribed to, you already knew the conclusion.

[–]DestructionI ❤️ adult human females 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember there being a saying like: "You can't wake a man who is only pretending to sleep" I feel like that's true for TRAs as well. They know that what you're saying is true but they've subscribed and been embraced by the group and so feel an obligation to protect that group. Because without that group a big part of their identity would be gone and I feel like a lot of them fear that.

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe that's why they dedicate so much time to making up identities for themselves; they think it'll make them seem more interesting?

[–]SapphicFox 17 insightful - 10 fun17 insightful - 9 fun18 insightful - 10 fun -  (1 child)

The TQ+ suffer from what I call the reverse Midas touch. In the story of King Midas, whatever he touched turned to gold. In contrast whatever the TQ+ touch turns to shit.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 15 insightful - 8 fun15 insightful - 7 fun16 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

The Mierdas Touch.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I posted some relevant history on this here (and continued in the comments): https://saidit.net/s/LGBDropTheT/comments/77ca/recap_the_tale_of_rlgbt_part_i/

Basically r/ainbow was founded when r/LGBT started getting authoritarian in enforcing gender ideology. Now the same thing has happened to r/ainbow that it was intended to be an escape from and now there is no replacement for it bc Reddit would ban it in an instant.

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I noticed that half the r/ainbow mod team is trans, and most of them have been added in the last several years, coinciding with the drop in traffic.