The transphobic comments are getting out of hand. Lots of reports and lots of removals.
Now here’s the thing…
The #1 thing I hated about fucking reddit were the mods who would go “we’re locking this thread because it’s too much trouble to moderate it.”
My opinion then, and now, is “Oh, your volunteer gig is too hard? Go do something else then!”
So, no, I’m not locking the thread. At the same time, I’d advise against mocking the trans community.
I get it, back in the day, I thought all the “Dann Coulter” jokes were funny too. And assholes like Coulter and MTG deserve to have their own hate reflected back on them.
But when you do that with trans issues, you’re making those issues a weapon and saying they’re a weapon because of the negative connotations and that’s just not cool.
A quick note on this thread:
The transphobic comments are getting out of hand. Lots of reports and lots of removals.
Now here’s the thing…
The #1 thing I hated about fucking reddit were the mods who would go “we’re locking this thread because it’s too much trouble to moderate it.”
My opinion then, and now, is “Oh, your volunteer gig is too hard? Go do something else then!”
So, no, I’m not locking the thread. At the same time, I’d advise against mocking the trans community.
I get it, back in the day, I thought all the “Dann Coulter” jokes were funny too. And assholes like Coulter and MTG deserve to have their own hate reflected back on them.
But when you do that with trans issues, you’re making those issues a weapon and saying they’re a weapon because of the negative connotations and that’s just not cool.
So a little bit is OK then?
Nope, not really. But a little bit is easily handled. ;)