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When folks call trans people "degenerate", as many are wont to do on reddit (and as reddit is well known for), it's probably safe to assume they're not just try

When folks call trans people "degenerate", as many are wont to do on reddit (and as reddit is well known for), it's probably safe to assume they're not just trying to be playful.

bandyaboot 4y ago
Yes, but there’s a Grand Canyon sized gap between being “playful” and calling for literal wholesale murder. I think there’s room somewhere in there for an interpretation like “that person is a super hateful asshole”.
throw_m239339 4y ago
> When folks call trans people "degenerate", as many are wont to do on reddit (and as reddit is well known for), it's probably safe to assume they're not just trying to be playful. Can you link to such comment that was left unmoderated on reddit despite being reported?
- powerhour 4y ago
  I don't have hate speech bookmarked, sorry.
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  - throw_m239339 4y ago
    > I don't have hate speech bookmarked, sorry. Surely you have instances of the hatespeech you claim that wasn't moderated upon report. Transgenders are probably the most protected group on reddit, so much that questioning their arguments even respectfully is banned from that website. Nobody asked you to bookmark anything, but you need to source your claims.
    - chownie 4y ago
      > Transgenders are probably the most protected group on reddit, so much that questioning their arguments even respectfully is banned from that website This is demonstrably false, literally any r/ukpolitics thread with a trans-related headline will contain a ton of respectful disagreement and then plenty of open prejudice too. If we're being honest, be honest, don't twist a narrative the other way.
      - throw_m239339 4y ago
        > If we're being honest, be honest, don't twist a narrative the other way. Yes, let's be honest, that's why I asked the parent to source their claim and all I got is a lazy cop out.
bavell 4y ago
Does "degenerate" only imply genocide when referring to trans people or has it always implied that? I never got the memo on this one.

When folks call trans people "degenerate", as many are wont to do on reddit (and as reddit is well known for), it's probably safe to assume they're not just trying to be playful.

bandyaboot 4y ago

Yes, but there’s a Grand Canyon sized gap between being “playful” and calling for literal wholesale murder. I think there’s room somewhere in there for an interpretation like “that person is a super hateful asshole”.

throw_m239339 4y ago

> When folks call trans people "degenerate", as many are wont to do on reddit (and as reddit is well known for), it's probably safe to assume they're not just trying to be playful. Can you link to such comment that was left unmoderated on reddit despite being reported?

powerhour 4y ago
I don't have hate speech bookmarked, sorry.
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- throw_m239339 4y ago
  > I don't have hate speech bookmarked, sorry. Surely you have instances of the hatespeech you claim that wasn't moderated upon report. Transgenders are probably the most protected group on reddit, so much that questioning their arguments even respectfully is banned from that website. Nobody asked you to bookmark anything, but you need to source your claims.
  - chownie 4y ago
    > Transgenders are probably the most protected group on reddit, so much that questioning their arguments even respectfully is banned from that website This is demonstrably false, literally any r/ukpolitics thread with a trans-related headline will contain a ton of respectful disagreement and then plenty of open prejudice too. If we're being honest, be honest, don't twist a narrative the other way.
    - throw_m239339 4y ago
      > If we're being honest, be honest, don't twist a narrative the other way. Yes, let's be honest, that's why I asked the parent to source their claim and all I got is a lazy cop out.

bavell 4y ago

Does "degenerate" only imply genocide when referring to trans people or has it always implied that? I never got the memo on this one.