would just like to clarify that i am in no way attacking people who DID endup being homophobic/transphobic or right-wing in some other way and pulled themselves out of it because it is incredibly difficult to completely change your worldview like that and if thats you! i am so proud of you for realising that was wrong and changing!
however ive seen a lot of 'yeah every trans person was like that lol'sentiment floating around and that makes me. uncomfortable it feels kind of like normalising it? and it feeds into the 'im trans so obviously i cant be transphobic or homophobic' sort of rhetoric which i see floating around (especially in truscum circles)
(i don't want to talk on this part too much given as im also white but i imagine the 'yeah it was normal to be alt-right for a while' is also harmful to trans people of colour and trans jews)
anyway. much love to yall <3 have a great sunday
there are a LOT of people making excuses in the comments and i am getting. very tired
if this is a joke its not a very good one
lots of people are saying that, actually! i didn't make this post out of nowhere
also if you'd like to read the comment attached to this post you will see that i am by no means insulting anyone, just pointing out what is a somewhat concerning trend
okay two things
see: the comment i made when i made this post
i think you've misunderstood what this post is about. im not passing judgement on people who had that phase, i'm criticising the people who say 'oh, every trans person had that phase'
its concerning that 'oh yeah everyone was phobic at some point' is being normalised because that doesnt help anyone
and firstly. its a meme template. secondly what would you rather i called them? bigoted?
i'll be honest i don't think 'saying every trans person was once very phobic is bad' is exactly a nuanced view
i added the comment because i know everyone on the internet is obsessed with misinterpreting things
could i have phrased it better? maybe. but i made it in like two minutes and honestly didn't expect more than like three people to see it
edit: missing words
i didnt make this post in a vaccum
people are saying this
this is true! it is, however, unrelated to what i made this post about
i disagree. a lot of people have put a lot of work into unlearning harmful rhetoric and changing for the better and i don't think its fair to reduce that to 'well youre actually still an asshole'
i agree that i could have phrased it better but i will be honest with you i made it in two minutes out of frustration and didnt actually expect more than like three people to see it
this is just blatantly not true and just an extension of the trend this post is criticising
some people are just assholes
okay firstly im not american
secondly why does anyone do anything. i was frustrated. i made this in two minutes. honestly its a vent more than anything
well i have, which is why i made the meme
this meme is not about people who used to be transphobic. this meme is SPECIFICALLY about people who used to be transphobic and also say 'well everyone used to be transphobic before they came out'
whether people believe or not people ARE saying it. i made this post in response to comments on a post here that was something like 'me when i remember i used to be transphobic' and a good number of the comments were things like 'i think everyone was'
its really prolific in a lot of circles, the idea that all trans people had some sort of right-wing phase before coming out. im not making up a guy to get mad at
also youre making some wild assumptions there about the situation i grew up in
its just a regular sized arm close to the camera i think
that is not the implication no
see: my comment
there was a post on here yesterday that was something like 'me when i remember when i used to be transphobic' and a LOT of highly upvoted comments were things like 'yeah i think everyone was'
a lot of people have been saying that
i didnt make this post for no reason
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i don't like that something that started out as a homophobic stereotype seems to have just been adopted by the community