#whatever I lost steam I’m just finding this all soooooo so exhausting right now

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Im not going to articulate this super well, but being suspicious of men and speaking about how men do have privilege in society, and speaking to the existence of he patriarchy and misogyny is not in itself a dog whistle for being a terf. Criticizing makeup is not inherently a dog whistle for terfs. Ceding this to t/rfs benefits no one, and this is NOT how u spot a t/rf - these are issues that effect trans people just as much as cis people, if not more in many ways.

Unfortunately crypto t/rfs are be hard to spot, and I don’t think there’s really one way to 100% spot a terf who’s really hell bent on hiding that fact—look at the otherblogs that get recommended on OPs blog, look at who’s in OPs notes most frequently—that’s much more reliable than thinking someone’s a t/rf bc they talk about male privilege or even vent about how women & trans people are treated by men. For example I recently found out that M/xine Harlow is a cryptot/erf, and yeah it took a bit of research! I’m anxious to see people be so eager to defend men as a group right now, and for that to be the ultimate signifier of a t/rf , when that confusion is part of what makes terfs’ brand of fascism so insidious in queer circles.

#whatever I lost steam I’m just finding this all soooooo so exhausting right now #I’ve seen so many poorly thought out opinions in such a short span of time #and it’s like. u know what. this is absolutely not the right forum for discourse #tumblr is no better than any other social media platform honestly