It is so infuriating discovering random cis people with positions of power saying "Well the GC I know is nice", having clearly never once listened to what any trans people have to say or looked up what extreme things their friend is calling for
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My mom's opinion on Janice Raymond turned out to be "she was really nice and I liked her and she used to have me to dinner at her house" and I haven't actually been able to speak to her since.
I hate the fact I think, for once, I know exactly who you're talking about. Normally i just get to have second hand irritation and outrage at people being idiots but this time? yeah i'm right there with you experiencing the disappointment and frustration
It's doesn't raise any red flags for you that every single trans person is terrified of and hates your friend, and your friend is cheering on Trump as he purges LGBT people from government and tries to ban trans people even getting visas
There was this period just before the pandemic hit where a lot of centristy columnists all seemed to just tune out. Even when JKR kicked off they kept out of it. I'm convinced many of them genuinely don't have a clue what's actually going on and assume what they read in newspapers is about right.
It's funny because that guy blocked me *immediately* after I said the below which sure seems like an admission that wanting to put trans women in men's prison is a horrible thing to do.
And yet he simply refuses to acknowledge that his friend explicitly endorsed doing so.
Absolutely. I get a fair amount of "well she is from an older generation of feminists" as if there is an age that affords you the right to punch down on more marginalised people. Much like the Racist Grandad "oh he's old". No, he was always racist.
Absolutely! Its insulting. Plus some of the GCs they say this about are younger than me so, y'know, its just their excuse to be pals with hate criminals.
They like to pretend trans folks are new, when in fact that first trans woman i met was my 75 year old neighbour when i was 5.
So in 1985. She was heavily active in local feminist activism and she was embraced fully. I wont be gaslit!
Its never working class folks either, its always middle class folks doing the whole "oh well but they contribute great things in 'whatever'" i am more scared of these people than i am all out fash tbh
Same! No-one around here bothers to critique my gender, they are too busy surviving. The only anti queer hate we've had is by non locals and rich wankers. My community isnt necessarily queer positive, but they mind their own business, and so do i.
Then start arguing with trans people and several hours later admit "well I haven't actually looked into it in any detail": Sir, you've been arguing that EvaBraun1488 has the best interests of trans people at heart, maybe listen to the trans people who say that, no, no they don't
It’s the Trumpist approach of saying ‘I know nothing about their views so won’t comment’ - and then also refusing to comment when their views are laid out, that is so frustrating.
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Such gaslighting
And yet he simply refuses to acknowledge that his friend explicitly endorsed doing so.
So in 1985. She was heavily active in local feminist activism and she was embraced fully. I wont be gaslit!
I live in social housing in a poor town a d people are more bothered with the bins than what’s in my pants
But honestly, they're really nice,
Have you tried talking to them?
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