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[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 32 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 0 fun33 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Hmmm. I have to disagree here. I don't think they throw around the word because they want people to be afraid, I think they throw it around because they want 'transphobia' to be as serious an accusation as 'racism' or 'homophobia'. A fancier way of saying 'you're a bad person!'

[–]barnarnasis this tv show my friend? 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree, it's a fear tactic

[–]wokuspokusWoman in a man’s world, TERF in whatever we call this madness 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like it’s a more serious accusation nowadays. It’s definitely more serious than homophobia, racism- maybe not. Are people getting cancelled by the mob for being racist?

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think it's in the same way, but people fighting back against the Woke redefining of racism definitely face mob rage. Tim Scott said America wasn't a racist country and people were outraged. The UK Government said the UK wasn't racist and the media lost their minds. There is also this thread that contains numerous examples of ordinary folx being cancelled by the mob (though the thread doesn't focus on just racism).

[–]lazy-summer-godSuper Gay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, that's certainly not the way to do it. By screaming it at any sign of disobedience to their agenda, they are watering down this problem down to level of a meme.