People who harass our trans members in DMs?
People who insist, in bad faith, that there isn't any transphobia because they don't personally see it?
People who get foaming-at-the-mouth angry at new efforts to root out transphobia?
We're better off without them.
This site gets with worse with every trans user who leaves because of transphobia, and I hope that we can make this a site where that no longer happens.
Nail 👏 on 👏 the 👏 head 👏
The issue is that some cis people here really feel that maintaining their convenient browsing experience is more important than protecting trans comrades (in the context of the pushback over the removal of downvotes). It's like people say they support trans comrades, right up until it inconveniences them the smallest bit.
Yup it’s exactly that last sentence
“Uhhh this is a shitpost site I just wanna shitpost”
Cool, but if your posting is upsetting people you should have solidarity with that’s an instant “stop your bullshit and reflect on your choices.”
This is an opportunity to grow and understand and be stronger in our standing together no matter what our identities are.
Yup and yup. Ironically, I was initially salty over the removal of downvotes, until I pondered it and realized I was being reactionary. When people say "it's just a shitposting site" I feel like they often really mean "I should be able to say whatever I want without consequences". Like even if it's just a shitposting site, does that really mean we shouldn't try to make it less toxic to marginalized comrades? Smh
Taking a cue from the adage "ironic shitposting is still shitposting", harmful shitposting is still harmful. We can still shitpost without bigotry.
Couldn't say it better myself o7
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You are absolutely spot on comrade. I hope that we can push out reactionaries so that trans comrades who have left feel comfortable returning to the site.
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