this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
188 points (99.5% liked)
the_dunk_tank
15910 readers
444 users here now
It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
Rule 1: All posts must include links to the subject matter, and no identifying information should be redacted.
Rule 2: If your source is a reactionary website, please use archive.is instead of linking directly.
Rule 3: No sectarianism.
Rule 4: TERF/SWERFs Not Welcome
Rule 5: No ableism of any kind (that includes stuff like libt*rd)
Rule 6: Do not post fellow hexbears.
Rule 7: Do not individually target other instances' admins or moderators.
Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this. Posts that do not meet this requirement can be posted to [email protected]
Rule 9: if you post ironic rage bait im going to make a personal visit to your house to make sure you never make this mistake again
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Look, this is obviously shit, but given how much we delight in saying things that irritate the living daylights out of these boat owners, don't be surprised when some of them go probing around for our pain points.
In any case don't let the bastards get you down.
When they probe for pain points and decide it's a good pain point to be the textbook definition of a transphobe, that is: somebody who denies trans people the right of gender self determination, they're not actually probing, they're just fascist scum who've settled on which marginalized group among us to attack first.
Yeah, but what I mean is there are 1000 ways to be fascist scum, most of which we can brush off and dunk back on, but occasionally they'll land a hit that actually causes some distress. The feelings of distress are valid but I wanted to emphasize that doesn't make the bastards point valid.
it's that it's coming from an instance whose raison de etre is to build a safe space for trans people. it's not why is this person a fascist -- it's why is this even coming from this instance.