#do not be bigoted on this post I will block you

[velvetvexations]

a trend i've noticed when it comes to discussions around transandrophobia, specifically people's reactions to it, is that anti-transphobia people are very prone to cherrypicking

i almost never see the well thought out and reasoned posts discussing transandrophobia responded to at all by self-identified tmes who are transandrophobes and transradfems/TIRFs. the only posts they put up on their blogs as evidence of "the real nature of transandrophobia truthers" are ridiculously bad faith posts they found randomly that have like 2 notes and no one in the greater discussion takes seriously or backs up. in fact trans men discussing transandrophobia frequently do call out transmisogyny that does crop up.

but suspiciously they have NOTHING to say in response to the posts that actually talk about the theory, or evidence of transandrophobia and transandrophobic violence, none of that. they actively erase those discussions either by refusing to engage with them or by cropping out most of the post to completely misrepresent what's being said, because they probably know doing so will reveal to their circle, their followers, and themselves just how bigoted they are actually being. so instead they go hunting for the worst posts they can find to support confirmation bias and propagandize people against trans men

i think a lot of people have a strong vested in interest in ensuring that trans men can continue to be treated in this way, broadly and within these more niche queer and trans discussion circles. because i think a lot of people have gotten very used to and attached to the fact they have someone they can punch at with little to no consequence (or in fact be cheered on for it). furthermore, a lot of the support structures of their platforms rely on transandrophobia because a lot of their blogging is in response to a manufactured enemy in trans men. and also because people feel good having someone they can punch and feel powerful over. and i know at the end of the day these people are probably hurting in a myriad of ways as well and are lashing out but i only have so much patience and compassion for them when it has become as bad as it has

anyway i know this is kind of rambly so i hope it made sense. i just see so many great posts by trans men participating in the discussion and every time i look at the notes to see how people are engaging with what is being said, none of those big names you mentioned ever do. they never have any thing to say to those posts. and you can't tell me they aren't aware of them because i know they often stalk the blogs of the trans men in question. they're more interested in erasure and a manufactured image that they cultivate and control of trans men. if the word of those trans men's posts actually gets out to their audiences, said audiences might realize just how much they really are just transphobic frauds. i hope people will wake up and smell the coffee some day.

Some arguments rely entirely on keeping your audience from seeing what's being said. They know I've never harassed anyone or directed my followers to but but I was getting instantly blocked well before those accusations sprung up entirely because I left one disagreeing comment.

[lunarian-anarchist]

"Some 300 Majdal Shams residents protested a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, shouting that he was exploiting the bloodshed for political gain.

Only 20% of residents in Majdal Shams, part of the Golan Heights annexed by Israel in 1981, have accepted Israeli citizenship. Many still consider themselves citizens of Syria.

“For sure, it was not targeting Majdal Shams. There are many Israeli military bases around the town. I expect this threat was heading their way,” said Nabeeh Abu Saleh, a paramedic from the town who rushed to the scene of the attack on Saturday.

Nothing prepared Abu Saleh, who has 25 years of experience as a paramedic, for what he saw. Some body parts were found 100 yards from the explosion. One of his nephews was killed, another wounded.

The military said Iron Dome sirens have gone off in Majdal Shams 30 times during the conflict. A few months ago, a rocket landed short of the town, Abu Saleh said.

“We buried our children. We don’t want retaliation,” he said. “We have families in Lebanon, in Syria, and we have brothers here in Israel."

*EDIT* Here are the names I know so far;

1. Fajr Laith Abu Saleh, 16 years old

2. Amir Rabie Abu Saleh, 16 years old

3. Hazem Akram Abu Saleh, 15 years old

4. John Wadie Ibrahim, 13 years old

5. Izel Neshat Ayoub, 12 years old

6. Finis Adham Safadi, 11 years old

7. Yazan Naif Abu Saleh, 12 years old

8. Alma Ayman Fakhruddin, 11 years old

9. Naji Taher Halabi, 11 years old

10. Milad Muadad Al-Sha'ar, 10 years old

[zerodaryls]

it's so funny (read: sad) that if bigoted fuckheads didn't insist i was a woman simply by virtue of my body at birth, i'd probably be chill with she/her pronouns in addition to he/they. if my mom didn't insist i was her daughter, i'd probably let her call me that, and we could still have a relationship.

i'm nonbinary and 'gendered' words are hypothetically meaningless, but because there are so many people who are more interested in telling me who i am rather than lovingly and curiously letting me express my own sense of self, those words carry trauma.

there's no reason a nonbinary person like myself can't be a son and a child and a daughter. there's no reason a nonbinary person like me can't go by he, they, and she.

'she' is not a slur. 'daughter' is not derogatory. 'beautiful' 'pretty' 'gorgeous' 'feminine' are not insults.

to the contrary, they're parts of language that express certain facets of a multi-faceted human existence, like mine.

and i have this sad, mournful feeling that if it weren't for unloving, condescending people, i'd probably be down to be called any of those things alongside my usual masculine/neutral terminology.

but i'd rather die than let anyone tell me what i have to be called.

[autism-purgatory]

Girl help people who’ve never written anything are saying it’s bigoted to give queer, disabled, or poc characters flaws and depth and that its just a watsonian excuse for the writer to be bigoted. Yes that CAN exist (like the “she looks 12 but is actually 1000 years old! Bullshit) but to say it’s bigoted for a character to make stupid decisions or be mean with in-universe explanations (not justifications, explanations) in the writing, then you’re just trying to enforce the Hays Code Tumblr 2012 edition.

[naomiknight-17]

Interacted with a blog via one of my side blogs then looked at their DNI and it was several paragraphs like

"If you ship ANYTHING, DNI. If you post NSFW/NSFT in any main tags, DNI. If I think you're problematic in any way DNI"

And they didn't elaborate on the last one

Honey. What does that mean

I'm a big fat loud queer with a history of making NSFW art including stuff some would deem problematic. I don't shy away from politics. How am I supposed to know what you think is problematic? Maybe you're fine with people like me and maybe you're not!?!?

But all you've seen of me is my cat blog so. My cats are not problematic (except when they get into the recycling bin or similar shenanigans) so I guess you're just gonna have to deal with me

[steakout-05]

hey just a reminder because i keep seeing this garbage pile up in the lgbtq+ community: people are not inherently bad for being a man and being masc. it is not a bad thing to identify as a guy and do masculine stuff and present yourself in a masc way. the view that being a man somehow makes you bad/abusive/creepy/bigoted hurts so many men in our community (gay men, trans men, literally everyone actually) and it's just a ridiculous statement in itself. gender does not equal morality, belief or action. people are not predisposed to badness because of their gender. that is a silly idea and i thought we as a community progressed past this but apparently not.

[pocketramblr]

Concept: a "sorry YOUR follower added that to MY post" cake, for when something breaks containment and you have to go through reblog chains to figure out how the, I dunno, anti-sex-positivity anarchist homeschooling commune found your innocuous and extremely unrelated post and are using it to call each other idiots.

[thewingedwolf]

i hate the way people will say the most out of pocket nonsense about Latinos in the US and then act surprised when people say they’ve got some racism issues. “oh if it weren’t for the fact that people in the USA hate everyone with ancestry from Latin America, lock Latino children in cages even under democratic presidents, and regularly hop on tv to call all Latinos evil rapists and murderers, they’d all be considered white” yeah no SHIT if literally every aspect of how Latinos in the US are racialized was different, they would be racially categorized in a different way, that is a very intelligent thing to say about race relations and doesn’t at all exacerbate issues thanks you are so wise and educated and learned

[dogin8]

Bonkers to think that people have bad opinions just, all the time

anyways remember kids, fucked up bigoted beliefs NEVER come from a point of good intention "But we need to keep X group safe" shut up "But this is a slippery slope" Nope.

No matter how much a bigot might Think they have good intentions "The reason I'm homophobic is because of [bullshit non-violent non-hateful motive]" they're fucking wrong or lying.

The reason your average bigot is bigoted is because somebody smarter than them, better with words than them, more influential than them and more determined than them, will benefit from their bigotry.

The reason a british transphobe is transphobic is not because of some well intentioned fear for the safety of cis women, it is because the government WANTS them to be transphobic to facilitate genocide.

The reason a french islamaphobe is islamaphobic is not because of some well intentioned fear for the safety of women, it is because the government WANTS them to be transphobic to facilitate genocide.

The reason a United States xenophobe is xenophobic is not because of some well intentioned fear of terrorism, it is because the government WANTS them to be xenophobic to facilitate imperialist war.

Anyways despite the language above ^ being very 'this is always the reason' I am going to acknowledge that there are some bigots who don't pretend it's for good reason and there are some bigots who do so regardless of government bodies, BUT they're still doing it cause some Jordan Peterson type dickwad has told them to.

Bigots aren't well intentioned, They have never been well intentioned, I will always support explaining things to people when you have the chance to safely and properly do so, but Never give a transphobe the benefit of the "oh but maybe they actually just care about the safety of cis women" because whether they genuinely believe that or not it's fucking bullshit and shouldn't be treated as anything close to 'well intentioned'.

[panther-os]

hnnnnnng the fact that Carlos has been trained in gun safety for years, that he's been told "don't put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to fire" until it's second nature to him, that we only really see him with his finger on the trigger of a service weapon like half a second before he does fire it even when all his coworkers have had their fingers on triggers for seconds or minutes, that when he confronted the guy he thought killed his dad he had his finger on the trigger of that pistol the moment he took it out of his belt - maybe even the moment he stepped into the driveway - and he didn't remove it when Owen came running up or when he started to have doubts - not until it was completely clear the guy was 100% innocent (or until someone took it out of his hand, I need to rewatch the whole episode again instead of just clips)

it keeps me awake at night yk?

[spacebugarts]

There are so many things wrong with this ridiculous blazed post I just saw but the bbc sherlock tag gave me whiplash

[beau-rebloga-coisas]

My rule number one of Tumblr is to not give rad/fem/s ttention. Like if they find your post, block them. If they want to debate you, just walk away. If you receive nasty asks just delete them.

None you say will make them change their opinion, they'll just swarm you and wait you to fall apart trying to discuss meaninglessly with them. It's a way to steess yourself in a fight you can't win.

So guy. Don't. Feed. The trolls.

Don't give them a talking plataform. Just silence them. Spread awareness with people you know that'll listen to you instead and are not engaging in bad faith to purposefully misunderstand you.

[blastadiamond]

Oops the terfs are mad at me because I called them friendless & unbearable :( but like the only thing they can latch onto my blog to try and make me feel bad is that it says in my bio I’ve been here for 15 years lol, babes sorry but that won’t goad me into interacting with y’all this is my silly little media escape website. you don’t survive so long on this hell site without being able to curate your experience and just cause I made one post complaining about y’all and tagged it so people that have terf blacklisted don’t have to see it, doesn’t mean I’m open to discussion hope that helps 😘 I actually have no interest in talking with y’all so don’t expect me to respond to you or answer your asks ✌️

[armedwithapencilandpaper]

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[ghostinthepepper]

As great as the block button is, I think tumblr would greatly benefit from an additional mute button

[antonblastdeluxe]

Brooo im so sorry those fucknuts are still pestering you almost FIVE FUCKING YEARS LATER. Talk about needing to get a life, like imagine how uneventful and boring their lives have to be to still be mad at you

It's less pestering and moreso 'they're screaming about me to a blog where they don't even get 1 like on their posts, like?

Just DM me to settle things at this point or just move on because not even I'm that mentally ill to waste my energy on you anymore. Sounds mean as fuck but if you talk about the same person at random after five years you really either need to get a job or find a better outlet. It's not healthy to dwell! I'm not responsible for you remaining mad at me despite blocking you on all fronts.

Maybe don't get so mad over people blocking you??? Idk lmao. I have a job that makes me money now, and I literally don't need to respond to a fully grown adult throwing a pissfit anymore.