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"that's just what a racist transphobe nazi homophobe enemy would say!", basically?

by adamrezich 3y ago

mrguyorama 3y ago
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- marginalia_nu 3y ago
  Most fringe political ideologies do to some extent. It turns out it's hard to compel people to act or vote if they're feeling content and safe. So you make them feel indignant and under threat.
- unsupp0rted 3y ago
  And yet every person who is literally oppressed is not a Nazi, nor am I one. Not that I’d equate the decline and fall of quality interactions on Reddit with “oppression”.
- conradfr 3y ago
  Well yeah they are, for good reasons.
- paulddraper 3y ago
  Every nazi also drinks water.
slg 3y ago
You may be joking, but the specifics insults there are indicative of a certain worldview. OP only used words that would come from a small percentage of the population and insults that wouldn't be relevant on most subreddits. For example, these wouldn't be the insults you would here from anyone who qualifies as centrist or anything further right unless you are legitimately doing something wrong. There are also plenty of more conservative subreddits with awful mods too that would never use those insults. And if someone calls you a "transphobe" on some niche gardening subreddit, odds are you are doing something obnoxious and off topic that would upset the mods regardless of whether you are actually a transphobe. Combine that all together and it starts to sound like OP is one of those people who is "running into assholes all day" without ever questioning whether that is any indication of their own behavior.
- jstarfish 3y ago
  > And if someone calls you a "transphobe" on some niche gardening subreddit, odds are you are doing something obnoxious and off topic that would upset the mods regardless of whether you are actually a transphobe. Gaslighting in action. To earn the Transphobe badge, all you have to do is complain about anyone else bringing up the subject of trans-anything on a niche gardening subreddit. Or refuse to boycott Harry Potter. You're very quick to denounce this guy as an asshole "doing something wrong" based on absolutely no material information-- just a bunch of assumptions and speculation. Hardly an honest assessment on your part.
  - unsupp0rted 3y ago
    Agreed and thank you. The Transphobe badge is the easiest one to earn at the moment, and I've earned it multiple times in Star Trek subs, even though I have no problem with the existence of trans people in theory, in sci fi stories, or in my daily life. For instance, I recently earned the badge by saying the Dax character on DS9 isn't "a trans person"... she's an alien with a symbiote, that has lived 7 lives and doesn't much care which gender of body it inhabits per se, or whom its host is going around kissing. I'm providing plenty of content here in my comments based on which to either denounce me as an asshole or to agree that I'm not one.
    - adamrezich 3y ago
      all of which is completely useless—the judgement upon you has already been passed, and you have been deemed One Of Those Sorts Of People—the tar, feathers, and pitchforks should be headed your direction shortly.
    - btreecat 3y ago
      >she's an alien with a symbiote, that has lived 7 lives and doesn't much care which gender of body it inhabits per se, or whom its host is going around kissing. That's p clearly a metaphor for fluid concepts of gender and sexuality.
      - 3y ago

"that's just what a racist transphobe nazi homophobe enemy would say!", basically?

mrguyorama 3y ago

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marginalia_nu 3y ago
Most fringe political ideologies do to some extent. It turns out it's hard to compel people to act or vote if they're feeling content and safe. So you make them feel indignant and under threat.
unsupp0rted 3y ago
And yet every person who is literally oppressed is not a Nazi, nor am I one. Not that I’d equate the decline and fall of quality interactions on Reddit with “oppression”.
conradfr 3y ago
Well yeah they are, for good reasons.
paulddraper 3y ago
Every nazi also drinks water.

slg 3y ago

You may be joking, but the specifics insults there are indicative of a certain worldview. OP only used words that would come from a small percentage of the population and insults that wouldn't be relevant on most subreddits. For example, these wouldn't be the insults you would here from anyone who qualifies as centrist or anything further right unless you are legitimately doing something wrong. There are also plenty of more conservative subreddits with awful mods too that would never use those insults. And if someone calls you a "transphobe" on some niche gardening subreddit, odds are you are doing something obnoxious and off topic that would upset the mods regardless of whether you are actually a transphobe. Combine that all together and it starts to sound like OP is one of those people who is "running into assholes all day" without ever questioning whether that is any indication of their own behavior.

jstarfish 3y ago
> And if someone calls you a "transphobe" on some niche gardening subreddit, odds are you are doing something obnoxious and off topic that would upset the mods regardless of whether you are actually a transphobe. Gaslighting in action. To earn the Transphobe badge, all you have to do is complain about anyone else bringing up the subject of trans-anything on a niche gardening subreddit. Or refuse to boycott Harry Potter. You're very quick to denounce this guy as an asshole "doing something wrong" based on absolutely no material information-- just a bunch of assumptions and speculation. Hardly an honest assessment on your part.
- unsupp0rted 3y ago
  Agreed and thank you. The Transphobe badge is the easiest one to earn at the moment, and I've earned it multiple times in Star Trek subs, even though I have no problem with the existence of trans people in theory, in sci fi stories, or in my daily life. For instance, I recently earned the badge by saying the Dax character on DS9 isn't "a trans person"... she's an alien with a symbiote, that has lived 7 lives and doesn't much care which gender of body it inhabits per se, or whom its host is going around kissing. I'm providing plenty of content here in my comments based on which to either denounce me as an asshole or to agree that I'm not one.
  - adamrezich 3y ago
    all of which is completely useless—the judgement upon you has already been passed, and you have been deemed One Of Those Sorts Of People—the tar, feathers, and pitchforks should be headed your direction shortly.
  - btreecat 3y ago
    >she's an alien with a symbiote, that has lived 7 lives and doesn't much care which gender of body it inhabits per se, or whom its host is going around kissing. That's p clearly a metaphor for fluid concepts of gender and sexuality.
    - 3y ago