▲ 42 ▼ I’m Supposed to be Visible Today — But Why? (www.coyotemedia.org) submitted 7 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (22 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 22 child comments replies: [–] millie@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago This is not okay. If you are an ally, as I think you at least want to be, this can't be the response. You did, in fact, respond to a post about trans visibility with a long rambling post about yourself. The response to being told that this isn't the place for it was again, egocentric defensiveness. An ally who is an ally until they're challenged at which point they wave their ally flag around in indignation is not an ally. What you're doing here is using other people's queerness, people who are not you, to push back against queer people daring to challenge your unconsidered sense of entitlement to queer spaces and identity. Do you realize how common this is? Do you know how many people will casually make a transphobic joke and then chew out trans people who take exception to it while insisting that they have trans friends so it's okay? You deigning to be friends with trans people doesn't mean you should stop listening to trans people. It's not okay. You can do better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago (16 children) Dude, I wasn't saying you aren't supportive enough. Just, that you are taking up too much space! This day is (was) literally meant to be a celebration of trans people and their struggles and you try to make it about yourself. So yes, it would be exactly the right occasion to for one day validate us. And if you don't want to, then just shut up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (16 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] elfpie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) I believe your heart is on the right place, and would risk the same for your convictions, but analyse from a practical point of view. Is the discussion dominating this post on topic or off topic? When should arguments have stopped in name of be(e)ing nice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) I wrote one comment and was content to leave it there. The only reason the conversation has dragged on is that I had no right to participate on a public forum. I've been engaged in activism for quite some time, and the reactions I got increasingly irritated by are exactly how you kill sympathy for your cause. Engage. Educate. Telling people they shouldn't even be there by the trans community is so tone-deaf that I'm having trouble following how the vitriol advances the movement. I'm trying to help. I'm trying to explain how organizing and building a community works, and I keep being told that being cis means I have nothing to contribute. It's sort of devolved into vegans attacking vegetarians for cruelty. Neither eats meat, yet they focus on their differences instead of realizing they have the same ethics, just draw lines differently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago That's extrapolation from personal belief. I have no such chip; all I asked for was being allowed a seat at the table, which was vehemently declined. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] millie@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago This is not okay. If you are an ally, as I think you at least want to be, this can't be the response. You did, in fact, respond to a post about trans visibility with a long rambling post about yourself. The response to being told that this isn't the place for it was again, egocentric defensiveness. An ally who is an ally until they're challenged at which point they wave their ally flag around in indignation is not an ally. What you're doing here is using other people's queerness, people who are not you, to push back against queer people daring to challenge your unconsidered sense of entitlement to queer spaces and identity. Do you realize how common this is? Do you know how many people will casually make a transphobic joke and then chew out trans people who take exception to it while insisting that they have trans friends so it's okay? You deigning to be friends with trans people doesn't mean you should stop listening to trans people. It's not okay. You can do better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago (16 children) Dude, I wasn't saying you aren't supportive enough. Just, that you are taking up too much space! This day is (was) literally meant to be a celebration of trans people and their struggles and you try to make it about yourself. So yes, it would be exactly the right occasion to for one day validate us. And if you don't want to, then just shut up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (16 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (16 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (6 children) Siiiiiiiiiiiigh Why are the cis like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) By this logic, anyone who isn't Black shouldn't talk for all of Black History Month. It's an absurd expectation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (3 children) You're still saying your supporters have no right to a voice unless they're exactly like you. That is a very slippery slope, since, ostensibly, the point of a day of awareness is to promote conversation. That's exactly the sort of argument people make to oppose trans rights in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Then what are you saying? Because from my perspective, you're trying to proclaim activism without having taken Activism 098. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago Wtf? Are you trying to berate us how to fight for our rights now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago (5 children) Your anecdotes are cute but I think you're kinda missing the point where it's very explicitly about trans voices. With friends like you who needs enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Further: why am permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) Read what I said again, slower, and ask yourself why asking for a space for our voices to be heard feels like an attack to you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) 🥺 okay then buddy, grow up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) No my thesis is you're playing the victim card and it's fucking pathetic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago How am I doing so? Please, let me know so that I can avoid doing so in the future. "Fucking pathetic" only indicates that you did not like what I said, not any alternative worldview other than "you're cis, and therefore the enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago I take back my previous comment about you trying to be an ally. This attitude is hostile to trans people. Wake the fuck up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elfpie@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (3 children) I believe your heart is on the right place, and would risk the same for your convictions, but analyse from a practical point of view. Is the discussion dominating this post on topic or off topic? When should arguments have stopped in name of be(e)ing nice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) I wrote one comment and was content to leave it there. The only reason the conversation has dragged on is that I had no right to participate on a public forum. I've been engaged in activism for quite some time, and the reactions I got increasingly irritated by are exactly how you kill sympathy for your cause. Engage. Educate. Telling people they shouldn't even be there by the trans community is so tone-deaf that I'm having trouble following how the vitriol advances the movement. I'm trying to help. I'm trying to explain how organizing and building a community works, and I keep being told that being cis means I have nothing to contribute. It's sort of devolved into vegans attacking vegetarians for cruelty. Neither eats meat, yet they focus on their differences instead of realizing they have the same ethics, just draw lines differently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago That's extrapolation from personal belief. I have no such chip; all I asked for was being allowed a seat at the table, which was vehemently declined. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) I wrote one comment and was content to leave it there. The only reason the conversation has dragged on is that I had no right to participate on a public forum. I've been engaged in activism for quite some time, and the reactions I got increasingly irritated by are exactly how you kill sympathy for your cause. Engage. Educate. Telling people they shouldn't even be there by the trans community is so tone-deaf that I'm having trouble following how the vitriol advances the movement. I'm trying to help. I'm trying to explain how organizing and building a community works, and I keep being told that being cis means I have nothing to contribute. It's sort of devolved into vegans attacking vegetarians for cruelty. Neither eats meat, yet they focus on their differences instead of realizing they have the same ethics, just draw lines differently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago That's extrapolation from personal belief. I have no such chip; all I asked for was being allowed a seat at the table, which was vehemently declined. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] NVE_Girl@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago That's extrapolation from personal belief. I have no such chip; all I asked for was being allowed a seat at the table, which was vehemently declined. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 point 7 months ago That's extrapolation from personal belief. I have no such chip; all I asked for was being allowed a seat at the table, which was vehemently declined. permalink fedilink source parent