mx amber alex on Nostr: You hear a lot of "why is it always trans women accused of racism and driven out of ...
You hear a lot of "why is it always trans women accused of racism and driven out of communities" and that that's a transmisogynistic campaign.
And yes, there may very well be some transmisogyny involved, because trans women do tend to be held to a higher standard than others and expected to be perfect.
BUT.
Have you ever seen how many trans people use 4chan slang like "based"? How common wojaks are in our community? How deep a foothold the "-pilled" copypasta has?
How completely normal it is on trans subreddits to talk about "back in my 4chan phase"?
Is it that hard to believe that too many of us haven't overcome, or don't want to overcome, that edgelord trolling mindset?
I learned about the origin of "based" and wojaks last year and I've made an effort not to use them since. I know others who haven't.
Yes, holding trans women to a higher standard you don't hold others to is transmisogyny, and yes, we tend to be singled out by those around us for harsher judgements than others, but is that really what's going on here?
Because I'll tell you more: when you have a social circle that's 90% trans women, of course you get the impression that "they're only coming for trans women". How many cis men, how many liberals are you friends with that could complain to you about those evil scheming black people coming for their free speech?
If you hear 1 cis man and 9 trans women called out for racism, is it a witch hunt against trans women, or do you just know 10 cis men and 90 trans women and that's why it seems disproportional?
That's called selection bias.
And furthermore: do your black friends perhaps keep white cis people and liberals at arm's length? Is your community perhaps made primarily of trans people, white and of colour, and so all racism that gets called out in-community is from white trans people?
When you hear "the blacks hate all trans women", think for a second and ask yourself if you're being goaded into getting angry at black people, and who has an interest in decrying all anti-racism as transmisogyny and making you give up solidarity with your black comrades.
And how much 4chan culture you have absorbed, knowingly or unknowingly.
That's not to say "guilty until proven innocent", and that's not to say there is no transmisogyny (our society is full of it, and often in ways we don't see at first or that superficially don't even seem to be connected to trans women).
That's to say "take a deep breath and think before you let yourself be moral panic'd.
Holding trans women to higher standards than others and condemning them harsher than others happens all the time (just look at how cis lesbians' sexuality is talked about vs trans lesbians'!), but not every criticism of a trans woman is a witch hunt.
Be sensible, be reasonable, stand in solidary with both your trans sisters and your comrades of colour.
And stop using that goddamn 4chan slang and imagery.
And yes, there may very well be some transmisogyny involved, because trans women do tend to be held to a higher standard than others and expected to be perfect.
BUT.
Have you ever seen how many trans people use 4chan slang like "based"? How common wojaks are in our community? How deep a foothold the "-pilled" copypasta has?
How completely normal it is on trans subreddits to talk about "back in my 4chan phase"?
Is it that hard to believe that too many of us haven't overcome, or don't want to overcome, that edgelord trolling mindset?
I learned about the origin of "based" and wojaks last year and I've made an effort not to use them since. I know others who haven't.
Yes, holding trans women to a higher standard you don't hold others to is transmisogyny, and yes, we tend to be singled out by those around us for harsher judgements than others, but is that really what's going on here?
Because I'll tell you more: when you have a social circle that's 90% trans women, of course you get the impression that "they're only coming for trans women". How many cis men, how many liberals are you friends with that could complain to you about those evil scheming black people coming for their free speech?
If you hear 1 cis man and 9 trans women called out for racism, is it a witch hunt against trans women, or do you just know 10 cis men and 90 trans women and that's why it seems disproportional?
That's called selection bias.
And furthermore: do your black friends perhaps keep white cis people and liberals at arm's length? Is your community perhaps made primarily of trans people, white and of colour, and so all racism that gets called out in-community is from white trans people?
When you hear "the blacks hate all trans women", think for a second and ask yourself if you're being goaded into getting angry at black people, and who has an interest in decrying all anti-racism as transmisogyny and making you give up solidarity with your black comrades.
And how much 4chan culture you have absorbed, knowingly or unknowingly.
That's not to say "guilty until proven innocent", and that's not to say there is no transmisogyny (our society is full of it, and often in ways we don't see at first or that superficially don't even seem to be connected to trans women).
That's to say "take a deep breath and think before you let yourself be moral panic'd.
Holding trans women to higher standards than others and condemning them harsher than others happens all the time (just look at how cis lesbians' sexuality is talked about vs trans lesbians'!), but not every criticism of a trans woman is a witch hunt.
Be sensible, be reasonable, stand in solidary with both your trans sisters and your comrades of colour.
And stop using that goddamn 4chan slang and imagery.