• Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    Yes, and as it applies to talking about respectability politics, it refers to someone who goes out of their way to make themselves palatable to non-queer people for the purposes of being “one of the good ones”.

    And you’re still doing it with this “leave that shit” line. Like, I don’t go out of my way to be a dick to folks that are genuinely curious and want to learn more. But someone who waltzes into a space that’s for trans people and runs their mouth? No, I will not be polite to them. Telling me I should has the same energy as an old man telling a woman to “smile more”. So, please kindly f*ck off.

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      4 months ago

      I feel you have a lot of previous assumptions about my viewpoint, and are more angry at your construction of me than what I’m actually saying

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        …leave that shit to reddit/twitter.

        No, no I’m upset at what you’re saying and it’s implications. There honestly isn’t much I despise more than queer people telling other queer people how to react to cishet people’s aggressions. I personally find it more insidious than the aggressions themselves.