That transphobe that was posting ended his reign by assuring everyone how much of a big man he was over and over again.

Why is it so easy?

I assume the toxic communities they are part of just hammer in the idea of how much they suck, but I don't get why the keep going back and doubling down if it makes them feel so shitty about themselves.

It's a weird relationship these guys have with themselves and their "ideology". Is there any way to get through to that kind of dissonance?

Also respect and love to trans comrades. Sorry people fucking suck.

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    that's why you always attack their masculinity, especially as a queer person. lean into their attacks on your masculinity (or femininity, I guess - that was a new one) and just attack the shit they really care about and can't really fight back on - like being able to get their dicks up in order to post hog.

    edit: if you're cishet, pretend to be gay. they have no answer to "we think your insults are good things. actually".

    • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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      Oh yeah i get it. It's just always surprising how well it works. Like 100% of the time they start losing their minds as soon as their masculinity comes into play.

      There's just not many psychological assurances out there in my experience. But if you're talking to a CHUD you can almost guarantee that they will fucking explode at the idea that you aren't intimidated by their physical prowess.

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        they will fucking explode at the idea that you aren’t intimidated by their physical prowess.

        The type of chud brigading places online is never physically intimidating anyway lol.

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        fash even more so. like as you move right on the spectrum, the less you can tolerate attacks to the constructed identities you hold core to yourself.

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          Getting white supremacists to talk about which ethnicities are considered white causes struggle sessions that make the left look like we are always holding hands and singing kumbaya. I honestly wonder how many chuds have killed each other over that discussion lol

          • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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            I like to imagine white supremacists actually getting their own society and then slowly killing each other over arbitrary genetic differences, each more arbitrary than the last, until there's just one left who looks in the mirror in disgust at a slight crook in his own nose.

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            see, I can't start that one because I just don't get it. I'm not white and I don't even know where the fault lines are there.

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          It's legitimately fascinating to me. I can't even imagine trying to hold onto ideas that are so hurtful to my own psyche.

          Edit: ideological ideas at least. Things you can change.

          Obviously mental illness plays a factor in inescapable thoughts and ideas as well, but I don't think that's the case with a lot of these guys.

          • the_river_cass [she/her]
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            they don't realize it's hurting them. it's a lot like repression, actually...

              • the_river_cass [she/her]
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                this is a whole ass tangent but I'm pretty sure the bodybuilding types that roid up are experiencing a form of gender dysphoria

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                  Possibly but would be the type of dysphoria that leads them to try to perform their assigned gender 'more' whatever that looks like to them, rather than transitioning to a different gender

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      Seriously. If you're arguing with a chud and getting nowhere (not that there's anywhere to get) it's hilarious to try and reframe any political thing in terms of masculinity, ie not being a pussy. Like whenever they bring up Ilhan Omar purportedly marrying her brother so that they could all move to the US as refugees, I go "Oh, so you would just let Big Government split up your family?? What kind of man lets his family get split up because of whatBig Government says?" etc

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      if you’re cishet, pretend to be gay. they have no answer to “we think your insults are good things. actually”.

      i do this when people start getting toxic while playing video games and you can see their brains break in real time lmao

      • the_river_cass [she/her]
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        I don't play online games but I would totally do this if I did. also I can do a lot of voices so I'd REALLY try to fuck with their heads.