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Yeah. So trans community what is the plan to deal members who choose to behave like this? I’m curious because this particular sub-set seems to be defining what trans-activism is all about and illustrating quite succinctly the threat it poses to women.
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15 comments
May 31, 2017 at 5:23 am
john zande
Any chance these are fake? Some people have waaaay too much time on their hands.
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May 31, 2017 at 5:23 am
Miep
Queer theorists are not long on bothering with bits of reality they find personally inconvenient at any given moment.
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May 31, 2017 at 5:24 am
Miep
Fake as in shopped? No, people post this kind of crap all the time. It’s their hobby.
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May 31, 2017 at 6:01 am
lovetruthcourage
These ordinary and typical trans*activist comments should be mandatory reading for SPLC, ACLU, PFLAG, HRC, AI, DNC, and all of the other “liberal” groups blindly promoting this nonsense!
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May 31, 2017 at 6:06 am
lovetruthcourage
John Zande, wake up, and go to these horrible trans*activists’ own subreddits, and read their comments for yourself. No, they aren’t fake. Are you brand new, son? Trans have been making these exact same comments for many, many years. Take the blindfold off and do some sleuthing. It isn’t hard. Trans is the same old hatred of women in a brand new, shiny, “progressive” package.
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May 31, 2017 at 6:41 am
makagutu
Someone needs help and not it is not the author of this post.
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May 31, 2017 at 10:46 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
This is a collection of sorts; ‘highlights’ if you will. For a more in the moment snapshot you could look here or here.
I only wish that these were fake. Unfortunately, as you know, misogyny isn’t particularly a new feature of society. :/ One exciting feature of this situation is that because misogyny is still quite acceptable in ‘normal’ society much of what some transactivists say and do flies under the radar.
With all the receipts of violent trans people collected in one space, seeing this segment of the trans community, as shitty individuals isn’t a hard conclusion to reach.
There needs to be a discussion in mainstream society about protecting the rights of females in society (and dismantling patriarchy..etc) and the queer theorist/transactivst assault on women needs to be a big part of said discussion.
The discussion has hit the CBC, so there has been some progress.
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May 31, 2017 at 12:55 pm
bleatmop
What’s a SWERF?
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May 31, 2017 at 12:58 pm
The Arbourist
@Bleatmop
Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist.
Many neoliberal choice feminists are unhappy with the critique of prostitution offered by radical feminists, (i.e. prostitution is a patriarchal construct that harms and devalues women as human beings) and thus needed a term to refer to the big bad rad fems that rightly call prostitution bad for (the vast majority of) women.
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May 31, 2017 at 5:50 pm
Trans widow
The plan is to throw them a parade.
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May 31, 2017 at 6:17 pm
Miep
Throw them a parade and at the end, burn another rainbow flag.
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May 31, 2017 at 9:00 pm
Vesuvius R. Kaine
A stock of mine went up 8.33% today in the time all those clowns were “fighting”. I think that’s all funny. Here’s a bunch of what – tough “guys” talking about ripping throats out like they’re what, lions or something? Haha! What a joke! They’re cupcakes, and their strength test would be nothing but “who can tear their wet paper bag the quickest” because that’s about the only strength (figurative or literal) they could ever throw around here. Can’t believe they’re given oxygen.
And who’s harping on Mr. Zande here? All Mr. Zande did was ask if the comments were fake because they’re so outlandish. Honest question, and he gets TriggerFest telling him to “Take the blindfold off and do some sleuthing.” HAHAHAHA! Wasn’t the theme on here onetime “Ban Bossy”? tsk tsk Mr. Courage.
“Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist”. OK, serious question now: are these really the labels people slap on their foreheads when they enter into a room? Are they meant to let these people feel like they’re part of some team or club? Or, are they shorthand designed to quickly know what a person’s position is when they enter the comment section? Would love some explanations here. Or do I have my blindfold on?! (Still laughing at the “lion” over there.)
Either way, while all these “look-at-my-big-shiny-label-of-the-day” people are getting caught up in their (pathetic) fights online worlds, the rich just got richer so let’s keep it going, peeps! Anyone getting 8% APR on their RRSP’s yet? Just sayin…
Ahhhhh. Just had to stretch my legs and do an a-hole post here just to remember what it felt like. Felt great. Back to enjoying my summer…
(Arb, you write that book yet???)
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May 31, 2017 at 9:50 pm
bleatmop
I don’t get all the fancy names. I guess labeling a group makes it easier to dehumanize and other people. And once you do that it’s easier to do… well the body of this post.
Gawd these people need some help if someone disagreeing with them drives them to fits of homicidal rage. If onlyaw enforcement took threats to feminists as serious as they would any other group. Honestly, replace their fancy acronyms with Jew or use the N word and there would be law enforcement knocking on these people’s doors.
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June 4, 2017 at 9:40 am
The Arbourist
@Vern
SWERF and TERF are just labels meant to identify non-compliant females who dare question the queer theory/trans narrative currently being promoted in society. Questioning the conceptions of ‘identity’ and ‘choice’ in the current zeitgeist is frowned upon as both conceptions serve patriarchy and the continuation of male dominance in society.
Unsurprisingly, radical feminists tend to call this shit out and face a fair amount of backlash for correctly naming transactivism as Patriarchy 2.0. Class analysis and going to the root of the problem – tools that females can use to change society toward the better – are quite beyond the pale.
I imagine. SWERF and TERF, as stated earlier let you know about the people who actually want to get shit done in changing society (i.e. moving toward female liberation from patriarchy) as opposed to those who want to argue about which strings to fiddle on as society burns.
Vern, you do gloating asshole very well, it seems you have fair amount of practice under your belt. :>
Oh how I’ve missed my libertarian/conservative troll. Meh.
Indeed, enjoying the summer is a worthy goal.
Which one? I have several bees in my bonnet at all times.
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June 4, 2017 at 9:49 am
The Arbourist
@bleatmop
One could mention here that whole patriarchal institution of law enforcement and the justice system.
For a ongoing example of what I mean consider this with regards to Canadian Bill S-3, which is meant to rewrite the Indian Act to make it less discriminatory against Native Canadian females. The amendment has ground to a halt because giving women status would mean a significant increase in the number of status Indians in Canada – and that simply won’t do. Cost is mentioned as a reason, the sex of those being marginalized is not.
From Vice:
“The act has always allowed men with Indian status who married non-status women before to pass their Indian status to their grandchildren and beyond. But the act, historically, stripped status from status women who married non-status men, and their children, until it was changed in 1985. That gendered distinction has withheld Indian status from thousands, if not millions, of First Nations people.”
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