The Actual Meaning of #DropTheB
So, #droptheb has been blossoming as a movement recently.
Well, or, thatâs what its postermakers would like you to think.
Basically the idea is based off of that one meme recently:
which is a completely idiotic slopfest on its own but thatâs a different thing.
Basically someone on 4chan had the bright idea to make posters turning that from a shitty meme into a good facsimile of an inter-lgbt movement.
The posters look like this:
There are like seventeen of them floating around on twitter, and theyâre actually working. This is because theyâre made to target exclusionists, anti-MOGAI ppl, etc. who see everything new they donât understand as MOGAI nonsense. To them, this seems exactly like something their oh-so-terrible MOGAI enemies would spit out. Itâs also hinging on the recent discourse thatâs been happening about why bi or pan are or are not valid labels.
The people who are doing this know what theyâre doing, and theyâre well informed about current discourse. Thatâs why itâs working.
Now, a 4chan movement to intentionally destabilize the LGBT community built on current discourse combined with invasive ideas expressed via digital posters on Twitter? Doesnât that sound remarkably familiar?
Oh right, thatâs because 4chan has done the exact same thing before justifying pedophiles being in the LGBT community using the term âclovergenderâ, which may I remind you was based off of
Here are some screenshots from a Reddit post on the topic, with whitespace cropped out.
As you can see, even 4channers are tired of this shit.
#droptheb is an even scarier beast than clovergender, and thatâs because of two reasons: Firstly, it works very well as a catalyst for preexisting tensions due to the bi/pan discourse. Itâs provoking responses from many exorsexists and nb exclusionaries as well as bisexuals attracted to more than two genders.
Secondly, itâs spreading much faster than the clovergender âmovementâ ever did, and working very well to provoke discourse. Iâve seen it very earnestly argued over in places on Tumblr and Facebook as if itâs unironic, and people need to understand its true nature.
And I donât need to mention the obvious, right? That to be bilingual doesnât mean there are only two languages?
Anyway, I donât often reblog bait, but I would like you and anyone else reading this to reblog in order to spread awareness of #dropthebâs malicious intent and its success in dividing the LGBT community. People need to be aware of this before it destroys the community.
gracieabrams
izzy806
snowghoul
origamiaround
ellievsbear
andulkaphoto
titsay
amandla
