and you will continue to get your members hurt until you learn to take a more principled stance. you didn’t respond to the 14/88 pronouns bit, i might add. goodbye. you can find me on hexbear if you ever have a change of heart.

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i 100% agreed with the respecting a trolls pronouns thing, until i came here. i still do, with the notable exception that i will not respect someone’s pronouns when those pronouns make me feel sexually exploited - and when those pronouns have absolutely nothing to do with gender and are more about making a mockery of trans people and playing out a power fantasy over other people.

ban me for this if you want but i haven’t spoken directly about this situation on this instance precisely because i expect to be banned for doing so, and it’s simply not the same as any other situation with pronouns. the pronouns themselves are the issue. i’m a discord mod and sometimes i have to ban trolls with obviously racist, transphobic, or nazi pronouns - i don’t respect those either. i can’t see this situation as any different when the pronouns themselves genuinely make some people feel unsafe.

i would also add that you cannot have an instance without politics. trying to do so is making a political decision, and it is one that ultimately invites fascism. i would love it if all trans people had politics that were safe to be around. but they don’t.