DiscussionUnusual twist at r/AGB: stop calling out homophobia from straight men

submitted by NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void from (self.LGBDropTheT)

https://old.reddit.com/r/askgaybros/comments/115y2cs/can_gays_stop_calling_str8_guys_homophobic_as_if

This initially seems like a discussion about oppression, "just keep it to yourself" homophobia. I think its actually still the same propaganda and astro-turfing of Reddit, pitting different groups against each other, rather than being genuine.

It feels like the same tactic TRAs use. This is trying to fly under the radar and get credibility by bringing up hetero homophobia - commonly accepted discussion among us LGBs - but with the sly inclusion of the word "transphobia" for no reason at all in case of any bites.

It feels like a bait-and-switch intended to rile up AGB into wrong-think. What are your thoughts? Have you seen this tactic also?

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[–]JulienMayfair 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What I've noticed on AGB is simply a flood of questions so stupid that my initial reaction is that they can't be for real, and I've wondered if they come from an organized group of trolls using alt accounts to fill that sub with stupidity.

[–]Lovebirds_fury 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think reddit must have said something to the mods of r/lgbt because the amount of posts about trans issues in agb have dropped drastically. So now they have to be more subtle.

At first glance it looks like a gay man who buys the idea of toxic hetero masculinity. But you are right, it seems he was trying to get a reaction. Suspicious

[–]JulienMayfair 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't read r/lgbt. Have they been encouraging brigading/trolling AGB?

[–]Lovebirds_fury 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Users there demonized agb and encouraged each other to brigade it while the mods didnt give a fuck. I could be wrong but I think i heard something about brigading being taken more seriously now. The posts encouraging gay men "to explore their sexuality" and shaming them have disappeared. Now they make polls and ask obnoxious questions about dating trans people as if they didn't know the answer already. But even those posts are less frequent now.

It was clear where all these people were coming from (either lgbt or trans). Something must have happened.

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

Homophobia is being masculine??? Lordy the depth of gender straitjacketing with this one. It isn't wrong to call it out. It also isn't wrong not to fight every single battle single handed

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Skimming the OP's other posts and comments should be enlightening—if it doesn't cost you 100 IQ points in the process, after which you will forget why you were reading his other utterances in the first place.

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Archive of the thread, from when I posted: https://archive.ph/ZQLD2