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submitted 1 week ago by Catoblepas to c/196

Latest hits: if gender is performative that means it’s fake and patriarchy doesn’t exist! I don’t know who Judith Butler is!

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[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But…my point was you can’t say “be open minded and respectful, you dumb, nothing-going-on-upstairs idiot toddler.”

Do unto others, friend. That’s my point. Be respectful, don’t talk down to people and maybe you’ll be able to find that large swath of allies available to you. Because they do exist. But not if you actively repel them. Example: you’re in 196.blahaj and your attitude is not making you friends. You’re turning one of he most sympathetic, understanding spaces against you with your attitude. Seems like that might be your problem in the bigger picture, too. Learn from that.

[-] Catoblepas 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Be as respectful of my confident ignorance as you want me to be of your lived experience” isn’t what I fuck with, not sorry.

PS; I literally can’t see downvotes and don’t care. Downvoting me is a pacification button on your end.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m…not the one downvoting you. You’re entirely missing the point. And entirely mischaracterizing me. I support you. I want to see you flourish and succeed. That’s what I’ve been saying. But you are shutting the door in everyone’s faces and saying “why doesn’t anyone want to be in this room with me?! They must be bigots!” No, you have to let people support you. You can’t turn everyone away and then blame them for not being on your side.

And that’s not even people not being on your side! It’s that they personally don’t like you—no offense. It has nothing to do with your identity. But if your perception is bent through that particular lens, then you’re seeing a lack of people around you, specifically, as a lack of support for trans people. And that is not what’s happening.

See what I’m saying?

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