Hello, Im kind of new here and trying to get used to Lemmy and I was wondering about if this is true since I am considering donating on this site to support alternative projects but wanted to hear other users before doing so. That being said, what have been your experiences?
Well, yeah, I know how to behave. I have a long history of participating in the trans community. I’m not foreign to any of these things.
But none of that matters when the other person misinterprets what you’re saying or what you mean, attributes malice to your words, and refuses to change their perspective when you try to explain, while demanding an apology for what is essentially an innocuous comment as if you killed their cat.
The fact of the matter is that, much like the atheist community that I’ve come to abhor after being a part of it for over a decade, the trans community also has its fair share of crazies. And those aren’t even my words, but the words of a trans friend with whom I used to go to these trans events. He also got fed up with their bullshit and would rant at me about them while sharing screenshots. And even now I try to be more patient than him, but sometimes I think to myself, “holy shit, he was right.”