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thespacesay · 1 year ago

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#"punch nazis!! also i use the term global elite despite having it repeatedly explained why that is not okay bc i mean billionaires lol!!"

#"i hate terfs!! also i think all men are evil and that women have special innate connection with nature and emotions!!"

#"body positivity!! all bodies are beautiful!! dont change your natural self your body is a treasure this rhetoric is flawless for everybody"

#"also all fat men are disgusting incels and sexual predators but also loser virgins but thats not hypocritical because men suck lol!"

#like are you not tired? does this not exhaust you? #playing pretend should be about fun and costumes #not spouting lukewarm activist slogans and failing to meet even the most basic criteria of your purported beliefs

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okay you've got "terf destructor" or "nazi puncher" in your bio, but are you actually standing up for your trans/Jewish/POC friends, or do you just like having someone it's morally acceptable to punch?

#ID provided #literally this and SO many things #also. performative 'i love trans people! trans men shut up a Trans Woman is talking! you don't experience any oppression!'#which is a wild point i keep seeing #like sorry that trans people are also capable of the whole 'all men are evil' point as above #we can't ''no true scotsman'' our way out of people still having harmful beliefs in our communities #i absolutely support trans women and i do want to listen to them! but when they speak over others on their own experiences that is harmful!#just as it was harmful when a lot of trans masc spaces were transmeds!#it's okay to acknowledge that you can want to support people / want to not support people #and still have things to learn and recognize when there are people with harmful beliefs in those communities #it can also be important to recognize when someone is in a place where they are willing to learn vs when they are not #it's okay to say 'hey. i don't think anything i say is being listened to on this.' and decide in that occasion what #your priority for that interaction is #online i'd generally suggest leaving it / blocking depending on the level of aggression #in person it can depend a lot more on your ability to control that space. it's not always viable to cut off people who are harmful #but it is worthwhile to consider both community building and the so-called paradox of tolerance

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