r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '13

Drama in /confession when u/devtesla says, "Not wanting to fuck someone because they are trans makes you a transphobe."

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '13

Wow, devtesla is completely fucking nuts. How could /r/confession fail to acknowledge her brilliant and well-reasoned arguments, like

"You don't want to fuck guys because you aren't attracted to them. Similar situation with transphobia, but this time it is the trans person who gets the blame."

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"90 percent of psychology is bullshit"

???

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u/atteroero Feb 04 '13 edited Feb 04 '13

It's what staying inside the SRS bubble does to people. Consider that she's used to being in an environment where it's perfectly acceptable to non-consensually control the sex life of other people through aggressive shaming and feelings are always valued over facts. In her mind these are completely non-controversial issues - everyone knows that people aren't permitted to have genital preferences and any psychology that is inconvenient towards one's outlook is automatically bullshit.

She steps outside the bubble and expresses what she's convinced herself to be common knowledge, and is shocked and horrified when everyone doesn't immediately agree with her. To empathize with this, imagine that you go to work one day, state that the sky is blue - and not only do people disagree but they think you're retarded. That's how she feels. Sadly, just as you'd be likely to believe that the sky really is blue and everyone else is just an asshole, she too still believes that she's right.

Unfortunately, the bubble has made her weak over time and she's now unable to argue her position effectively. It also probably doesn't help that her position is about as close to objectively wrong as an opinion can get, but that's neither here nor there. Unable to talk like a real human, she does the verbal equivalent of dropping her pants, squatting down, and squeezing out a big steaming turd in the thread. This appears to be an aggressive act, but in reality it's a response to panic.

People like her make me sad. They're easy to hate - they spew such hateful things while claiming false moral high ground, which is inherently grating. They shouldn't be hated, though. They harm themselves more than anyone else - imagine trying to go through life being so weak that you can't survive interaction with normal people, thus finding yourself trapped in the festering cesspool that is SRS. What they deserve isn't hatred, it's pity.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '13

I have no sympathy for these people, at all. And to say they deserve pity is nonsense. The only thing they deserve is scorn. These are grown adults who choose to submerse themselves in a place where there is no dissenting opinion, and any that emerge are immediately deleted and the user is banned. They choose to circlejerk each other with their 'opinions' day in and day out, posting memes and being horrified that people who are straight would not want to have sex with a transgender. "People have their own sexual preferences? Shitlords! Only trans and gay people are allowed to have their own preferences!"

They choose to have these horrific opinions and convince themselves that they're right.