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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

The amount of dirty laundry being aired in those comments. 🙊 It’s like a form of the Streisand Effect happening. Each time the mods try to tell them not to talk about this stuff without being able to say what they actually mean (“shut up because you’re making us look bad”) they just give the users more opportunities to confess their past sins.

They’re like Born Again Christians where it’s like the bigger the sin, the bigger the redemption and the more pious you have proven yourself to be. They act like they have changed so much from their past when they’re in just a different iteration of their same inclination to find belonging in socially destructive, alternative communities.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They’re like Born Again Christians where it’s like the bigger the sin, the bigger the redemption and the more pious you have proven yourself to be. They act like they have changed so much from their past when they’re in just a different iteration of their same inclination to find belonging in socially destructive, alternative communities.

Yeppppp. Talk about lack of self awareness! And yes, I'm constantly struck by how religious-sounding TQ+ communities really are. "I, a humble trans former sinner, am here to talk about my sinful past" it seriously sounds like Christianity lol.