DoctorNope2d ago

Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us.

https://lemmy.world/post/45343080

Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us. - Lemmy.World

> When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way. > Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away. I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!

Show threadAssassassin2d ago

When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way. My stance wasn’t rooted in hate or fear but in a commitment to reason and fairness. My loyalty was to the truth, not to political tribes. Maintaining my integrity cost me greatly, but I believed it was worth it.

Hey Reid Newton: you’re a bigot and a complete fucking moron. Anyone that has two functioning braincells figured out within 10 minutes of first hearing it that “critical race theory” was just a euphemism for “the honest history of how America has fucked over every racial minority consistently though its entire history”. If you think that DEI or critical race theory are real problems, you have the critical thinking skills of a brick wall. Fuck this gal for trying to rationalize her betrayal of her own community.

Show threadMniot2d ago

100%

Also the “it wasn’t a fear-based decision, I just rationally opposed all the forced child gender-transitions”. It’s not possible to roll ones eyes hard enough.

I actually do have empathy for a TERF who’d say, “I uncritically chugged conservative media and become terrified of stories about men ‘transitioning’ as a way to attach women. Now I see that was all lies and I was a fool who never tried putting myself in others’ shoes.”

Show threadSalmiakDragon1d ago

attach women

Did you mean ‘attack’?

Show threadMniot
It’s interesting how the English language makes a phrase like “trans women are women” ambiguous about the number of women that each trans woman is… I always assumed “one” but you raise an interesting question.
Apr 9 at 2:13pmWeb
Show threadRampantParanoia236522h ago
…what are you talking about? That question is about a typo.
Show threadMniot11h ago
The question itself self-answers with a little bit of thought: reading the typo as-is doesn’t make sense and there’s only one obvious correction, which SalmiakDragon provided. So I read their question as more conversation/chattiness rather than genuine confusion. I was replying in kind with an attempt to riff off of my typo: what if the typo was actually intended? Could we find any meaning to the phrase “attach women”? No, not really.
Show threadSalmiakDragon7h ago
I was trying to be polite, and leave room in case I had misunderstood. A simple clarification of what you meant would have sufficed.
Show threadMniot5h ago
Oh, my bad then. Yes: you were right.
Show threadHopeOfTheGunblade11h ago
Given the correlation between trans and plurality, the average is probably higher than one… although I think we would not have much trouble finding a trans woman who would enthusiastically assert her lack of personhood.