[CW: bigotry] Had an encounter with overt transphobia today... Edit: or, how some teens wrecked my shit.
Went to get some last minute groceries, wasn't particularly concerned about passing, but wore a mask because I wanted to give my face a break for the weekend. I get out of my car and some corn fed yokel 14 year olds run past me while loudly have a conversation about 'what is it?!'. They go back and forth on if I'm a girl or boy, I can't remember the exact details of the conversation because the girl in the group answered the two boys with something that shut my brain down. She said "that's a Democrat"...
I'm still having trouble processing the whole thing.
context [fae/faer, fae/faer] - 1.7yr
She said "that's a Democrat"...
thems fightin words
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Des [she/her, they/them] - 1.7yr
yeah going to start referring to that as the d slur
i think id prefer being called slurs over being called a democrat tbh
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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.7yr
being called slurs
being called a democrat
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WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them] - 1.7yr
teenagers being overtly transphobic
being called a democrat
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Angel [any] - 1.7yr
I would take "Democrat" to be more offensive than some of the worst spiels that the most heated gamer can deliver to me.
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Diva (she/her) - 1.7yr
I was waiting in line at the grocery store today, this dude in front while trying to be polite was like "oh you can help them first". Then like seconds later switches to using him for good measure.
I was just sort of bemused because I could see the guys thought process being like "oh no I used neutral pronouns they're going to think I'm gay", quick start misgendering!
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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.7yr
I was just sort of bemused because I could see the guys thought process being like “oh no I used neutral pronouns they’re going to think I’m gay”, quick start misgendering!
Definitely something I've noticed. A lot of homophobia being used by highschoolers, followed by "just messing around, I don't really have a problem with people being gay", followed by either insisting they aren't gay or jokes by others about them being gay. Was a bit surprised transphobia seemed less common than homophobia in those groups. Like, I don't remember hearing any overt homophobia when I was in grade-school (just "no homo" type comments). But maybe people just kept quiet with those jokes around me?
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Thordros [he/him, comrade/them] - 1.7yr
Comrade grocery store line guy, welcome to the Home of Sexuals. We have blanket forts and (optional, consentual) snuggles. It fuckin rules.
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 1.7yr
"that's a D#mocrat"...
That's fucked up. I'm sorry it happened to you.
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REgon - 1.7yr
Just remember that in their minds democrats are cool baby-eating communists that run the world and have crazy sex parties with lots of drugs you haven't even heard of
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M68040 [they/them] - 1.7yr
This is why we need slurs for cis people that hit like the slurs they cook up
tactical_trans_karen in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
[CW: bigotry] Had an encounter with overt transphobia today... Edit: or, how some teens wrecked my shit.
Went to get some last minute groceries, wasn't particularly concerned about passing, but wore a mask because I wanted to give my face a break for the weekend. I get out of my car and some corn fed yokel 14 year olds run past me while loudly have a conversation about 'what is it?!'. They go back and forth on if I'm a girl or boy, I can't remember the exact details of the conversation because the girl in the group answered the two boys with something that shut my brain down. She said "that's a Democrat"...
I'm still having trouble processing the whole thing.
yeah going to start referring to that as the d slur
Kamala Harris, of the [removed] party...
i think id prefer being called slurs over being called a democrat tbh
I would take "Democrat" to be more offensive than some of the worst spiels that the most heated gamer can deliver to me.
I was waiting in line at the grocery store today, this dude in front while trying to be polite was like "oh you can help them first". Then like seconds later switches to using him for good measure.
I was just sort of bemused because I could see the guys thought process being like "oh no I used neutral pronouns they're going to think I'm gay", quick start misgendering!
Definitely something I've noticed. A lot of homophobia being used by highschoolers, followed by "just messing around, I don't really have a problem with people being gay", followed by either insisting they aren't gay or jokes by others about them being gay. Was a bit surprised transphobia seemed less common than homophobia in those groups. Like, I don't remember hearing any overt homophobia when I was in grade-school (just "no homo" type comments). But maybe people just kept quiet with those jokes around me?
Comrade grocery store line guy, welcome to the Home of Sexuals. We have blanket forts and (optional, consentual) snuggles. It fuckin rules.
That's fucked up. I'm sorry it happened to you.
Just remember that in their minds democrats are cool baby-eating communists that run the world and have crazy sex parties with lots of drugs you haven't even heard of
This is why we need slurs for cis people that hit like the slurs they cook up
How about chicken fucker?
Doesn't calling them cis usually work? The less clever the better imo
In authoritarian communist china and ussr, the youth were brainwashed with hateful stereotypes
misgendered AND called a lib. I'd be devastated
I am.