For what it's worth I never thought you were a troll and found it very inspiring and brave of you to keep being your true self even when others were very shitty towards you, however it is a shame that it's even a battle you have to fight. I will also say that you have made me a better and more accepting person, obviously we haven't interacted much but you being here and posting your memes has made me understand nounself pronouns a lot more. Hell a friend of mine recently came out and uses nano as the pronoun. So I thank you for being you and even if it doesn't seem like it you have made a good difference to the people in this community and even for the whole community!

(Ps not sure if using you is okay or should I use drag instead, if it's drag then I'll edit the post)

I wanted to say that I appreciate drag being out there with neopronouns, we may disagree on some things, but I still stand by you on this. Fuck the haters, they're showing their whole ass.

I also appreciate drag pushing the bounds on language, even if it sometimes became hard for me to read. I'm better off for having to think a little more about things anyways.

Part of the reason I have solidarity with drag is because I've also received a lot of shit over the years from people misgendering me because they don't like my political opinions (real or imagined). It's never acceptable, even if you think the person has some sort of hidden agenda- it just upholds transphobia as socially acceptable.

Yeah, there's plenty of sucky people unfortunately.

I'm sorry you're hurting.

Fwiw, and I know it isn't worth much, I think you being willing to address the issues the way you do is a good thing. It's one of the things that edged me across the line into believing you aren't trolling. You've made me, personally, think harder about several issues, and even shift my opinions a good bit. Dunno if you remember me saying I'd think about what you said regarding neopronouns. But I did, and I still am. You, your words, shifted my opinion on that.

You're right. The degree of sheer nastiness pointed your way when you have never that I've seen offered anything more than mild snark to anyone, it is absurd.

Hell, if you responded to this saying that you have been trolling all along, I'd still be glad you were here on lemmy, doing what you're doing. If you aren't just being a normal, decent person trying to be yourself, you have sure as hell fooled me. And, to me, even if it was a troll, it amounts to the exact same thing as the reality of what you bring to the rest of us.

No bullshit, no jokes, and even with not necessarily agreeing with every stance you take, I'm glad you're here.

I hope that it's enough be a bit of a bandaid on the stress. I know I'm not the only one that likes seeing you around, though not many folks say it.

I've got a friend that's a semi-regular lurker of lemmy. We've talked about you out in the non digital world. I know he respects you a lot. He was throwing around terms like badass.

So, if you've got tears to shed, shed them with the knowledge that no matter how much hate there is towards you, it isn't everyone.