CNN has been like this ever since Zaslav took over and it’s EXHAUSTING to hear my parents constantly having it on in the background

Oh, I know. I’m just accurately depicting what those mods are ACTUALLY mad about.

Not being a transphobe is really simple. Someone tells you “Hello, nice to meet you! I identify as ____, my pronouns are /.” If you respect their self-identity and chosen pronouns, then congratulations, you’re not a transphobe! You all failed this test. You all failed it hard. There’s been one transgender individual in this entire drama. Dragon Rider. Dragon Rider has been repeatedly been referred to as a guy and with the pronouns he/him, despite constantly stressing that drag is non-binary and uses drag/dragself pronouns. Including val, someone you did not correct in this very conversation. Drag has been called a troll for defending dragself for months on end now. If I was one of the trans people your side of this argument was supposedly trying to protect, I would be very scared for my safety on this website.

It must be so exhausting to be you. To live in such paranoid fear of whatever it is cringe culture tells you to fear and hate this week, to know them ‘cringe’ so intimately. I bet you watch ALL the YouTube drama channels. After two decades of having to try and enjoy the internet AROUND people like you, I know your kind. You’re the typical Redditor bully. Your ‘high-powered analysis’ doesn’t frighten me anymore, Mr. Sanchez.

I know all of these things about Dragon Rider because I’m drag’s FRIEND. You seem like you’re a deeply pathetic person in your own personal life who needs the internet to gang up on those you think are inferior to yourself to make you feel better about yourself. I WISH I didn’t have to talk to you. I wish I didn’t have to deal with the knowledge that you exist. I feel like I need to wash off the stench of your misery just texting with you online. Unfortunately, what you said hurt Dragon Rider. We were on call, and drag nearly self-harmed because of what you and your mod-simping gang of bullies said to drag. And now, in order to be a good friend to Dragon Rider, I HAVE to engage with you.

Ah. Well, that seems like a shitty excuse. They’re public servants, they chose this role, they should just be made to deal with that. If they don’t want to have to deal with rules preventing them from abusing their fellow users, they shouldn’t be mods and should just spend their free time playing video games instead. They remind me of cop characters on police procedural tv shows that are mad that liberal politicians won’t let them commit brutality against and trample all over the civil rights of the citizens they’re supposed to be protecting

I’m also going to be completely blunt, I don’t believe you that having to respect the choice of pronouns of transgender users isn’t the issue for them. I think you’re lying through your teeth to cover for them.

I didn’t ask you about a grammer expert’s take on this issue, I asked you about a queer theorist’s take on this issue. Please do listen to people when you’re talking to people, if nothing else than to avoid simple blunders such as these.

I said They weren’t a troll because they genuinely believed what they believe. Those were two entirely separate statements, and two entirely different bad things to be. Please do listen to people when they’re talking to you, if nothing else than to avoid simple blunders like this

Instead of making snide comments, maybe you could explain how this is trolling?

Why are transphobes so vague about their grievances? WHICH disorders that ruin people’s lives??

Drag isn’t a pronoun? According to who? Name at least three scholarly sources on gender and queerness that make that claim

Why are you being so vague about what the disagreement was?

and now I’m a Nazi

100%

Dragon Rider isn’t a troll. Everything they’ve argued in favor of is a genuinely held belief of theirs

Most illogical.

You should provide evidence to your claims before making wild accusations such as those.

Both parties serve the same masters.

And now you’re lying. In the comment I responded to, you said you don’t agree with chosen pronouns. That’s you selfishly deciding that you don’t respect the gender presentation of transgender and non-binary people because… why? It’s more convenient for you? You’re too lazy to ask others simple questions?

Not antagonizing complete strangers for no reason and stopping behaviors of yours that other people tell you to stop doing because it makes them uncomfortable are things your parents should have taught you to do when you were little.

Why is misgendering others so important to your wellbeing?

Dragon Rider wasn’t speaking in third person, that’s just drag’s pronouns. I have no idea why you thought questioning a user about drag’s pronoun choice is at all relevant to this post about technology

Thanks, this makes my brain AND my balls ache 🫠

You got blood on my wool