What I've found particularly sinister about the debate regarding Gender Critical is the 'free speech... you guys are living in an echo chamber... how dare you' bitch fits some people are having. I know it's bullshit and maybe everyone here does but in case you don't... it's bullshit.

I don't think it's bullshit though. And I'm female. I was censored at GC.

At GC, they are controlling the narrative. And I don't like that. They are creating the appearance of a consensus where there isn't one on certain topics that have nothing to do with being pro-women.

This is exactly why free speech is so important, this freedom to speak for yourself thing.

I was censored on GC for saying stuff that was not in compliance with the narrative, that was not hateful or otherwise rulebreaking. It just went against the narrative the mods were creating for the sub. One that was fairly hidden.

Well, now GC got banned from reddit for exactly the same reason. The lack of acknowledgement that they're participating in the exact same culture that created their ban bothers me, because they are. These women will go on and on about how horrible TRAs are and turn around and do the exact same thing on some other part of wokeism, because they believe in everything else.

There's nothing wrong with talking to people you want to talk to and ignoring people you don't. There IS something wrong with creating an environment where you're enforcing a narrative on participants, imo. I think tumblr/twitter-like platforms are often better for this reason. It's individual people who have full freedom to post whatever they want, they don't have to follow some mod's rules to participate. I guess I'm here though and I haven't made the switch, maybe I should since I keep thinking this. I think you see a way wider variety of ideas and aesthetics and stuff and more exploration there for this reason.