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[–]usehername 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I believe this was the person who made up that story about cornering a little girl and not letting her leave, then calling her mom a terf. This person had a huge amount of karma on reddit and their racist, misogynistic, pedophilic views were widely supported.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly[S] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That is correct. I never posted this person's actual user account name, although I did refer indirectly to it a few times because it seemed so horrible. Kinda relieved it is not real.

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

Kinda relieved it is not real.

Me too, though it's still not as bad as some of the shit Yaniv has done.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Appreciate you showing the nasty/dark side of us too. We need to be real and honest, and address it.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly[S] 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't agree with this person's methods, but it does kind of prove their hypothesis (somewhat): violent content can still be upvoted in trans communities, and that trans identity acts as a shield for bad behavior. If you look carefully you'll see that a lot of this account's posts were not upvoted and some were strongly downvoted, so the outcome of this "experiment" is a bit more mixed than the author is asserting. However, it still does prove a point.

Although I can only speak for myself, I don't think those of us who were following the user account saw it as typical. It was more, this person is obviously a threat and why won't anybody say anything about it? Again, the point is not that trans people are all this bad (I believe most trans people are OK, especially if they are not making ridiculous demands). However, the trans ideology, in its current form, does allow a monster to hide behind a trans identity. It just so happens that this particular monster was not real.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, and? That could be basically everyone on Reddit, it's filled with stories like that. Reddit and social media is biased with what can/cannot be talked about, and therefore corrupted.

My point is that if users blindly believe whatever stories that a user shares, and don't question, they are just as culpable. Doesn't matter if they agreed or disagree, it's the unquestioning dogmatism that is the problem.

[–]usehername 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Many of us were expressing skepticism on the original post because it was so outrageous. Either way, the person was supported by the reddit trans community, which is very telling.