• stoly@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Because this is common knowledge and you can google the information for yourself. You’re attempting to interject doubt into the conversation using a dog whistle.

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        8 days ago

        Concern trolling is the most annoying troll, too. “I’m just asking questions” and circle arguments over and over.

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          8 days ago

          As a transwoman, I’m VERY familiar with concern trolling. Used to see “trans allies” everywhere on Reddit back in the day pulling up with the

          “I dunno, I support transpepole, but maybe see a therapist instead of getting on all those hormones?” (Who the hell did they think was prescribing the hormones?)

          “I’m all for you being gay, but doncha think you’re taking it a bit too far?” (Lesbian Transpeople exist and they knew that)

          “Don’t you think you’re being a bit dismissive of real, oh sorry, I mean biological women? You’re moving a bit too fast!” (TERFs still use this one… though they don’t pretend they’re “totally allies” though)

          I heard it all, many MANY times…

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            8 days ago

            That actually taught me a lesson. I started to recognize a pattern and see how people would apparently search for terms to brigade. Other ones that will bring out the trolls are conversations about rent control and Zionism. Basically if you make a random and insubstantial comment and a whole lot of people jump on you over it, then I tend to wonder what they are after.

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            8 days ago

            “I’m all for you being gay, but doncha think you’re taking it a bit too far?”.

            I’m cracking up, that’s hilarious. I hope you asked them the same thing about being straight lol

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              7 days ago

              One of my favorite lines I’ve said, was someone accused my lover of being gay because of the fact that I “used to be a man”

              I accused the transphobe of being a pedophile, ya know, because his girlfriend used to be a child.

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      8 days ago

      That’s not a dog whistle, a dog whistle is a phrase or word that has a special meaning to group its intended to been received by. I.e. something that will only be noticed and picked up by them.

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        8 days ago

        That’s where the concern trolling comes in. The troll is the concern part, the dog whistle is what is behind it.