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I already stated all this earlier this week but I'm going to repeat it in a thread here to link to in future about why I'm not going to be debating transphobes on Twitter (even if it's in my own mentions).
Basically: it's a pointless and negative waste of time and energy.
Basically: it's a pointless and negative waste of time and energy.
I see many parallels between trans hate circles on here and how Q worked in the US - if you ever look at a transphobe's account on here, it makes up most of their timeline, much of their follows, they pickle themselves in this every day, losing touch with reality chasing monsters
You can't compromise with that, you can't find middle ground, all you can do it show that the demons they all fear never existed and allow people to come out of it themselves, to realise that the sky isn't actually falling in because of trans people living their lives.
When these women say they're scared, I believe that they are, but that's because they spend all their time online reinforcing with each other how trans people are coming for them, how all-powerful trans people are, how every trans person is waiting to do abuse with glee, etc.
It's not remotely true to reality, of course, but these people cut themselves off so much that it's all they ever hear, and they obsess about it with such focus that it seems to cloud out everything else happening in the world. Even trans ppl don't talk about trans ppl that much.
The sad thing for me is that with thousands of people constantly reinforcing each other's misguided fears and obsessing about it to unhealthy extremes, it's very difficult to ever bring them out of that, if at all. Maybe on a personal level if you know them, but beyond that? IDK.
I've only got so much time and energy - especially with all the rough circumstances at present - and it can be so much better spent than trying to drain the ocean with a teaspoon, which is what arguing on here feels like, even moreso when they don't care what you say anyway.
This is time and energy better spent on helping people who could benefit from it, and creating things rather than just reacting to them. As rigid as the hate might seem now, it will someday pass - esp as young people, even here in the UK, don't see what all the fuss is about.
Plus, when you debate transphobes on your timeline, you put their hatred in view of all your followers, and it's not like we need to keep getting reminders of the groups who hate us, it's not healthy to keep reading that all the time - especially if you're stuck at home as we are
