txtransguy.bsky.social
Just another trans Texan who knows we can do better
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Wow how do democrats keep getting worse at this
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This is like the uno reverse of my existence as a rural Texan when I moved to the city to go to college
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This. I love this.
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I used to give talks about trans stuff like 10 or 15 or 20 years ago, and the pace at which the general public response (in conservative tx) went from "wait, what does that mean? Oh. Well, maybe I'm uncomfortable with that, but it doesn't affect me" to "TRANS IS DEVIL AHH!!1!" really blows my mind
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Like, as a ("practicing") cisgender lesbian, the umc would not have ordained me at that time. But as a trans man who was married to a cis woman, I was given the green light to proceed w/ the ordination process in a tx conference then. There's just not really a Biblical basis. But wow the propaganda.
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Hell, they were waiting for it to be okay to openly hate trans people on the basis of (Christian) religious beliefs, too. Even in more conservative circles, it was seen as more of a medical issue that the Bible didn't really address as little as 15-20 years ago. Not in the same ballpark as being gay
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I hate how the right wing's tendency towards blind tribalism has become so normalized
It still throws me for a loop when it comes from someone from the "left"
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Mind if I ask when that point was? I'm trans, and I'm just curious. It's always interesting learning more about how perspectives have changed - and honestly there's been so much stuff *about* trans ppl that has little to no overlap with actual trans lives, so I would be interested to know more 🤷♂️
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*source - as a trans person who was in queer student groups in college while taking philosophy courses about 20 years ago
But that was also when it was still common to use "transsexual" to indicate medical procedures for transitioning. Feels like another lifetime.
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Yeah, it wasn't a super common thing to hear, but it *was* something that had a more logical connection to the plain meaning of the words, and usually came up in the context of gender abolition - both topics usually only discussed in philosophy classrooms & queer student groups on college campuses
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***but damn, it still slaps 🔥
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Honestly sucks to feel like I understand that song so much better now
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It's doubly unfair bc wasn't the gestapo created bc the nazis needed muscle that was more legit than the brown shirts, but still willing to break the law to follow hitler's orders? Bc they couldn't get support from most of the military & police...?
So...they're actually worse. Waiting in the wings.
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"I'll take 'cringe things that I definitely would have said as a youth pastor', Alex" 😅
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I usually go with describing Magdalen berns as "one of the few people who ever deserved to get cancer and die", but "nazi" conveys much the same sentiment
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See, I wanted to believe that the essay I'm talking about in this post was the product of a student who didn't read the assignment, but it was such a similar line of thinking
Like, "if everyone takes care of themselves first, then no one will need any help" kind of stuff
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Constant existential dread has been horrible for my sleep but amaaaaazing for my executive dysfunction 🙌
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(sorry, I just get so excited bc it's like MAGIC)
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HAVE YOU TRIED THE ONES THAT IDENTIFY PLANTS YET
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And idk what specific AI program we use, but it's almost like you need to be *more* of an expert to use it, because about half of the time it will either misstate rules completely - so you need to know the real rules to see the fake ones - or praise the student for glaring problems, which is...ugh 🙄
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The tutoring company I work for has us use AI to help with reviewing writing assignments, and this is terrifying
It's just so...mediocre, at best, and absolutely terrible at worst. We check every AI suggestion, and sometimes, it's great. Like 1/4 of the time.
Otherwise, it's just insanely wrong.
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Wait why
Your rants are life-giving
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"Fear and loathing" might not be light enough, but that's what comes to mind
Something about "a Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" sounds just about right
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Funny how being comfortable in your own skin makes such a big difference in how people see everything that you do
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You're the enabler, and you need to step down.
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And when you're done with that, read some of the prophets before you do any more pearl clutching at "vulgar" language
When it comes to calling out the kind of rank, hateful, corrupt, mindless hypocrisy that maga embodies, sometimes "vulgar" language is appropriate when condemning vulgar behavior
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I know he does.
Do you know what he hates?
Proverbs 6:16-19
Read that and tell me it doesn't describe your lord and savior, Donald Trump
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You're pretty self-righteous for someone who unapologetically worships a megalomaniac who wants to invade and absorb our closest allies and is working hard to get rid of bedrocks of our democracy like due process
Fuck off, dipshit. You failed at being human and you can't shame me.
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Because you're an obsessed weirdo who's in love with a rapists who *literally* said that he doesn't know if he should uphold the constitution
Or are your family and friends just that fucked up and evil too
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Sorry your family doesn't speak to you anymore and you have so much time to make a fool of yourself on the internet honey