ColonizationEven the Stalin regime wasn’t this good at revising history

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[–]JulienMayfair 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What gets me is the sheer cynicism of it all.

Marsha P. Johnson was a local colorful character who helped out to some degree with local homeless kids. Now that's a great thing in and of itself, but it's never been clear to me how much their organization was actually able to do. Has that ever been documented? How many kids did they help? How much help did they provide? Many people tell stories of how volatile and unstable she was, so how did that work in terms of providing for kids?

The bottom line for me is that Marsha P. Johnson was never a figure of any national importance until TQ+ opportunists were looking for someone to turn into a saint. They've taken advantage of the fact that Marsha was dead to rewrite her life and turn her into their creation.

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The trans community has taken to fantasizing about many historical figures as being trans, namely women who dressed and disguised themselves as men in deeply sexist societies where women were basically not allowed any real freedom. Claiming they must have been literally trans is a grotesquely self-serving thing to do. They want to build up figures to celebrate and worship, regardless of their actual relevance.

[–]JulienMayfair 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Even when they oppose the St. Marsha narrative, they always say, "We owe so much to Marsha P. Johnson," or "We owe a lot to trans women."

I'd like to ask: What exactly do I, as a gay man, owe to trans women? Name one thing. Is there a single thing that trans women have done historically that has materially made the conditions of my life better?

I can't think of anything.

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Literally nothing. Every single historical LGB org has been taken over and become LGBT with a hard emphasis on the T. Nobody seems to care that homosexuality is still in need of its own advocacy.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We got gay marriage. What else could we possibly need? /s

But seriously, these assholes won't stop until everyone's greeting each other with neopronouns.