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Why do you feel uncomfortable? Why do you think anyone is trying to make you feel uncomfortable?
by ChrisSD 10mo ago
Why do you feel uncomfortable? Why do you think anyone is trying to make you feel uncomfortable?
- GaryBluto 10mo agoThe author quite literally mentions that part of their motivation to do things is to make people want them to stop, not to mention the deliberate and conscious choice to write the article in lowercase. It's also natural to be uncomfortable because of the various references to sexual fetishes throughout the article.
- hofrogs 10mo agoI don't see any references to "sexual fetishes" in the article.
- GaryBluto 10mo agoThat's impressive considering the article mentions "feminizing" things in big text the moment you load the page.
- hofrogs 10mo ago"feminizing" doesn't refer to a sexual fetish, it just means making something more feminine. Do you assume that something being feminine is automatically sexualized and fetishistic?
- GaryBluto 10mo agoI knew you were going to say this. "Feminizing" doesn't inherently refer to a sexual fetish but context matters. I invite you to examine the article more in depth, look at the chatroom conversations and then come to your own conclusion.
- DrPimienta 10mo ago[flagged]
- mackeye 10mo agofuck off
- DrPimienta 10mo agoNo. I will continue noticing patterns.
- BergAndCo 10mo ago[dead]
- jynelson 10mo agotbh i think you just hate trans people but you're afraid to say it directly
- oldpersonintx2 10mo ago[dead]
- mackeye 10mo ago> to make people want them to stop in the sense of "writing a brainfuck compiler in ed," not in making them so uncomfortable they beg for release. plus, "feminization" is not a fetish, at least in the sense of making rustc say "i love you;" that feels incredibly uncharitable.
- DrPimienta 10mo agoYou're being intentionally obtuse, you know what they meant when they wrote that and you're pretending not to.
- mackeye 10mo agoi was being charitable, not obtuse. a great number of my closest friends are trans; no element of their experience as i observe it fetishizes the very concept of transition, and those who've spoken to me about it are quite opposed to the "pornification" (as opposed to even sexualization) of trans people (particularly women) by the community itself, and others. if you're at all curious, i thought [0] was pretty informative. all that to say, trans people (or anyone) shouldn't need to qualify their position (or very lighthearted, energetic opinion piece) with some genericizing disclaimer as to their identity, intents, etc., on the very basis of their identity. live and let live (i.e. fuck off) [0] https://tr4nbie.substack.com/p/cat-ears-skater-skirts-and-knee-high https://tr4nbie.substack.com/p/cat-ears-skater-skirts-and-kn...
- dpd_dpd 10mo ago[flagged]