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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

TRAs have failed on that sub. When they started on it in earnest sometime in 2020 around the time they had already taken over the other high validation forums and gotten r/LGBdtT banned it wasn't half as peaked as it is now. Some say it survived because of men being in general less accommodating to ideas they don't believe and people they don't like/want, or because of the official stance of bare minimum moderation. The latter which likely helped to preserve unsanctioned viewpoints on a site with management that likes to quietly replace mods with ones of their own choosing and ideological leanings. Because it's harder to get away with doing it unnoticed and uncontested when there are so few on a sub of this size.

But anyway, it survived long enough for most on there to become aware of what was happening with all the "Do I belong here?/Would you date a Transman?" posts and either choose to support the side of the TRAs or stand in stark opposition of it. But there was no more pretending and naivety after a certain point. And unfortunately for TRAs, the de facto end of pretense and naivety is the slow-release kryptonite of gender ideology. Because that means people will eventually debate them and their arguments are all s***.