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Do you feel like this controversy has fine-tuned your trans radar?(self)

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INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun 7 months ago

I feel bad for actual trans men when it comes to that. If I saw a short man with these mastectomy scars I'd not immediately think that's a trans man. But ever since these scars are basically glorified with Tumblr/Twitter artists giving them to every male character they draw then it's so easy to tell now. I hate these arts because they clearly draw a biological man but with these scars. Trans men rarely look like this. Their shoulders aren't broad and hips narrow. And their voices also are like on helium... And they're usually quite short. Misinformation is insane.

NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 7 months ago

I honestly dont think most real-life trans people are a part of the agenda.

There are going to be the fakers and band-wagoners, of course, and those people are the ones who make things difficult for everyone ... but I think most real trans people are more transmed/truscum and just trying to live their lives with a debilitating mental illness (dysphoria), and hope people will treat them with kindness and decency. AGPs trigger a deep instinctual unease in most people, even if they bury their heads in the sand and ignore it to make themselves feel better.

I think the internet exploded into social media for regular people, and propoganda for the ruling class. It's made everything feel a lot more extreme than it really is. It has definitely made me side-eye a lot more though, and be cautious about who I interact with and how.

reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 7 months ago

I honestly dont think most real-life trans people are a part of the agenda.

Oh man... I think this may be a generational difference, haha. I've never met a self-identified trans person who wasn't on board with gender identity religion and "queer identity" culture. The many trans people I knew IRL in college were walking, talking stereotypes, fairly similar to the trans people featured in posts on this sub-- just less violent (at least, less openly violent). Perhaps I would get along much better with the trans people you are describing. These types just so dominate "trans" discussion and communities these days, IRL and seemingly online as well.

I am not totally sure I believe in "real trans people" either, since it seems like gender dysphoria is a mismash of like a dozen different etiologies. But I know our sub is kind of split on that one (or at least, was 2 years ago whenever I last saw an informal poll, lol).

I think the internet exploded into social media for regular people, and propoganda for the ruling class. It's made everything feel a lot more extreme than it really is. It has definitely made me side-eye a lot more though, and be cautious about who I interact with and how.

Yup.

reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 7 months ago

That's an interesting question. There are so many interesting meta-level details like that of how gender identity ideology has become pervasive in our culture and affected us. I think my "trans radar" has gotten better, too, although perhaps not as sharp as yours.

I think it's a natural consequence of finding out that people are trying to lie to you in a certain way, and then being more on the lookout in the future for that type of lie. Like having someone try to scam you, and then learning more about that type of scam afterwards, and being much quicker to catch on the next time it happens.

Chocolatepudding 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 7 months ago

Tbf you can spot them quite readily. I'm not like 'ew a transperson' but ngl I feel uncomfortable round them. I think people give them a wide berth so that makes them stand out even more