Edit: Don’t just downvote and run away, make your liberalism known. If you have an issue with either of these, please let them be known in the comments. C'mon, let's duke it out. :)

For the libs shouting "but muh anonymity", you should have zero issue using the "any pronoun" tag as you will be addressed with any pronouns regardless of whether or not you have it set. The point of having them sitewide is for everyone to use them to normalize explicitly stating one's pronouns as a means of not forcing trans people to request to be addressed with basic respect. The amount of pushback on a meaningful step toward trans inclusivity in this community is pretty fucking disheartening, not gonna lie.

Folks seem to be using the NSFW tag for the spoiler effect on memes, and while it's a funny use of it, it's causing the intended use of the NSFW tag to lose its value. This isn't r/WatchPeopleDie. Personally, I was exposed to that sort of content at a younger age and am desensitized to it now, but not everyone is like me in that regard and I'm probably more fucked up than I like to think for having been as exposed to it as I was. We currently don't have another way of tagging content, so please be considerate and put "[NSFL]" or content warnings in the title so people know they'll be looking at some heavy shit. Not a lot to ask. Please do not start ironically putting "[NSFL]" or other content warnings in the post title. You're more creative than that, I promise.

      • the_river_cass [she/her]
        2·
        4 years ago

        you're right but it's also disheartening. the floor is what happened on the old sub - I can't tell you the number of times I replied very gently to people to say that "he" was wrong and to please use "she" instead and was uniformly ignored. moreover, the insignificant effort asked vs the response in this thread points to a serious level of transphobia in this community. some of that is on display in this thread but I think that's just the tip of the iceberg.

        if we're serious that transphobia/misogyny/etc. aren't welcome here, we should do more than just post about it -- let the bans and warnings flow more freely.

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Small asks that imply to the person reading (be they privileged and fragile) tend to get upset when met with the fact that, “if you’re asking for this and I haven’t done that or don’t want to, that means you’re saying I’m BAD, I’m not bad, YOU’RE BAD”

          Like that time I gently asked that people consider avoiding intelligence based insults.

          This is why we all have to fight, this is why solidarity is so important.

          • PartyMonster [they/them,any]
            1·
            4 years ago

            Intelligence based insults are removed.

            This is a joke. I just wrote the word “removed” in italics.

    • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]
      1·
      4 years ago

      This thread fucking blows but seeing people in this thread say that they've felt uncomfortable disclosing pronouns in other leftist spaces but not here makes me feel really good. I appreciate the support, bb. <3