ViolenceThe right side of history showing their compassion by trying set lesbians on fire

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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I don't like the histrionics of the Résistance Lesbienne.

The guy lit a road flare and he isn't shown attempting to touch anyone with it. He sort of waved it in front of himself to back people off, which is dangerous and irresponsible, but was he trying to burn lesbians? No.

«...noues ont agressées avec une arme» No. That is a dishonest misrepresentation of what happened. He was acting out to try to grab attention and disrupt their protest. He was careless with a burning object. That's already bad behavior, why exaggerate?

I speak French fairly well and I'm also not happy with some of the dehumanizing language being thrown around on the Résistance Twitter account. "Mascu," "hétéra," there are normal words already for these people, you don't need labels to communicate disdain.

[–]spanishprofanity[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I dunno, he/she/it gets pretty close around :30. He/she/it backs up then moves up again. Regardless, intimidating people who disagree with you by waving a pyrotechnic at them is not a good look for the TRAs.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't say he's a good guy, he could have hurt someone and definitely wanted to scare them. He didn't attack anyone though, or try as far as I can see so.... stick to reality. That's all I'm saying.

[–]lavender_menace 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don’t know about that. I’d be afraid if a crazy person was coming near me with open fire.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

"Mascu," "hétéra," there are normal words already for these people, you don't need labels to communicate disdain.

What do those mean?

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

Mascu is apparently r/feminisme slang for masculiniste, or Men's Rights Activist. It read as masculin to me, I thought they were calling the transwomen butch. I should have Googled that one earlier. Seems to be an equivalent to TRA, definitely pejorative.

Hétéra is the female version of hétéro, straight. They referred to the females counterprotesting with the transwomen as hétéras essentially as an insult- you think you're gay but you aren't. Definitely derogatory.

[–]Destresse🇨🇵 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Huh? As far as I know, those terms are feminist, uh, quirks? Basically feminising every word (noues instead of nous for example, ect)

Some feminist hetero women call themselves hetera lol. It's not derogatory. I don't know in what context it was used but it just means "female heterosexual"

It's all feminist slang basically.

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No idea how French works so I vote you two have to do a rock paper scissors on it.

[–]reluctant_commenter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't like the histrionics of the Résistance Lesbienne.

Not familiar with this group, so I don't know their values or background at all. But some of the American "lesbian resistance" groups I've seen tend to be about political lesbianism, not movements for/by homosexual women. So I would be inclined to be suspicious on that basis alone.

I think the title is pretty accurate though. "Trans rights activist waves object on fire threateningly" would also be accurate.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee~=[,,_,,]=^_^= 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know from this angle it looks pretty much he charged into the back of the women at the front while the woman in the dress and some other dude were tugging on the banner. It was a dangerous situation for the women imho.

https://twitter.com/ResistanceLesbi/status/1437388509233418255