"Gatekeeping" is when you don't think "Dragonfucker" is a gender
"Gatekeeping" is when you don't think "Dragonfucker" is a gender
And apparently, also when you think that 'They' is a perfectly serviceable gender-neutral singular pronoun, but are willing to use other pronouns if asked to.
EDIT: Other removable offenses on Blahaj now include questioning mod/admin decisions and quoting the modlog as a reason why you're leaving.
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You don't get to complain about other people trolling when you are being this deliberately obtuse.
Gravity is in the most literal sense a force of nature. It has had measurable effects since pretty much the dawn of time. Gender is a social construct. The only effects it has on the world around us is that which we as a society allow it to, and in the absence of any people who believe in such a concept it would cease to exist in any meaningful sense.
Nobody is sincerely claiming that dragons, as in the mythological creatures, actually exist in material reality. By adopting dragonfucker/rider as a gender identity, drag is aligning with the concept of them in some kinda nebulous social sense I'm not gonna pretend to understand.
Maybe drag's trolling about it, but to be honest, I really couldn't give a shit about the specifics of Dragon Rider's identity one way or the other because I think drag's an insufferable shit-stirrer. What really pisses me off here though is that you've actually made me care about this because in spending all day bitching about how drag's a shit-stirring troll, you have engaged in precisely the behaviour that can make drag such a… drag.
“Gravity is just made up too.”
I apologize profusely for taking this argument seriously. The internet was a mistake; turn it off and leave it unplugged 😭
“Gravity is just made up too.”
Yes, it's made up, just like the entire concept of physics and species are as well. Science is a social construct. That doesn't mean it has no relation to reality.
might as well take a blowtorch to the wires while we’re at it
might as well take a blowtorch to the wires while we’re at it
Sorry that invalidating gender as 'made-up' with the implication that it has no relation to reality is such an acceptable concept to you.
incredible crashout we are witnessing here
when asked to respect pronouns of a likely troll, says “no ❤️ in fact people should be allowed to misgender them”
Please, quote me saying anything about disrespecting drag's pronouns.
and compares the observation of gravity to gendered language
To gender itself. Fuck's sake, did you not read this conversation you're jumping into?
nah. change of pace. go listen to trans people. go to the c/main post and see all the trans people being happy their identities aren’t going to be subject to harrassment just because there are imperfect and annoying people out there with fantastical pronouns. maybe understand for half a second that this was never about drag, or you, or gravity, but the endless onslaught of attacks trans people face and how Ada is working to make a space where that doesn’t happen. then perhaps understand that, instead of celebrating the protection of hundreds of trans people, you centered a single trans person and yourself and immediately began to continue the same behavior which Ada sought to prevent.
nah.
Because you were bullshitting to make yourself sound better - or feel better, whichever.
go to the c/main post and see all the trans people being happy their identities aren’t going to be subject to harrassment just because there are imperfect and annoying people out there with fantastical pronouns.
Of course, I should go to where any dissenting opinion on the subject is removed and subjected to bans, that will really give me a clear view of the situation! :)
As you yourself said, any dissent on the subject is an admission to an intent to break the rules and a completely justified ban, so why would anyone who disagrees with an ounce of sense who wishes to remain part of the community voice that dissent?
next time, block, report, move on.
Block... who? The fucking admin?
I am moving on. Blahaj has the dubious distinction of being the second instance I've ever blocked.
Because you were bullshitting to make yourself sound better - or feel better, whichever.
nah change of pace. i was letting us get too into the weeds. 50% my fault.
where any dissenting opinion on the subject is removed
the upvote ratios don’t lie. trans people are happy with Ada. plenty of dissenting opinions there too, if you look. there’s a whole thread asking Ada to look carefully at drag’s toxic behavior for a potential ban, separate from neopronouns (incredibly enough).
As you yourself said, any dissent on the subject is an admission to an intent to break the rules
if you cared to remember, you would find i gave you… four? examples of ways to voice your concern about trolling while being clear you don’t intend to break rules. if you forgot, here you go no worries :)
Block… who? The fucking admin?
yup, and the instance. it’s clearly not for you. (meant to say downvote not report i apologize i just removed the whole thing)
the upvote ratios don’t lie.
I'm pretty sure Blahaj doesn't HAVE downvotes. So, uh...
if you cared to remember, you would find i gave you… four? examples of ways to voice your concern about trolling while being clear you don’t intend to break rules. if you forgot, here you go no worries :)
Again, as I pointed out immediately below that, if you'll remember, three of those don't actually address the point raised. The fourth one is admissible only in a very milquetoast "I'm objecting but only a little bit 🥺" way.
yup, and the instance.
As I said - already done, before you even entered this conversation.
Gravity is in the most literal sense a force of nature. It has had measurable effects since pretty much the dawn of time.
Gravity is just a made-up word applied to a made-up concept used by human beings to understand the universe around them in terms they find palatable.
Like gender.
Gender is a social construct. The only effects it has on the world around us is that which we as a society allow it to, and in the absence of any people who believe in such a concept it would cease to exist in any meaningful sense.
Gender labels are social constructs, just like the concept of gravity is a social construct. Gender is an extremely complex phenomenon with biological roots. Trans folk don't just get HRT for funsies.