I am astonished. By how far the terfs will go. Astonished and terrified and just... tired. I knew they're manipulative asshole supremacists but I didn't realize how *deceptive* they can be. They call us the liars, the fools, the posers. They say *we're* the ones trying to trick *them.*
And yet. They're the ones putting out media that could be trans positive, that could highlight the injustices committed by them. And they're the ones putting them in all the right tags. All the trans safe tags that we thought were safe, because "there's no way they'll try to put themselves into a space they're not safe."
I just found an account on IG. "quotesbytranswomen". Puts out news about trans women facing injustice. Seems safe, right? They even tag it with "trans rights are human rights," "trans lives matter," "trans is beautiful," all the tags we use to promote positivity and LOVE. But then they put an ambiguous caption-- something that could be taken either way-- and then finally, hidden among the tags, tucked so carefully between the positivity "radfem safe." Some even go so far as adding "Trump" or "conservative." And the cherry on top. Their profile pic is the trans flag, and their caption is about "autogynephilia." The bullshit idea from a far right neofascist that was refuted nearly 20 YEARS AGO that they still use as their call to arms.
It's hard enough getting by with anxiety and dysphoria. It's hard enough dealing with the negativity in person. But now I'm supposed to make a thorough search of all accounts I look at to see if there's any HINT of terf bullshit?? Within my only safe space they have placed a poison so enticing, so secretive that they can even get trans kids spitting their murderous ideologies.
THEY ARE EVIL
It doesn't matter what religion/lack of you may believe. No good has come from deception. Only evil. I do not use these terms lightly but they fit all of them. They are EVIL. They are COWARDS. They are a BLIGHT on humanity and the definition of HATRED.
We're tricking them? Who is it that is trying to legally define another SENTIENT BEING as SUBHUMAN. Who is it that tries to use fascist platforms and the idea of a Boogeyman to convince the ignorant masses to allow them to MURDER US? Who has entire essays and handbooks on how to hide within a community and feed enough lies to gain trust before spitting their own indoctrination? In the same manner that led to the Red Scare and the suspicion of sleeper cells within our communities?
And then who is it that offers help to those that have nowhere to go? That offer HOPE to those with none? That give LIFE to those that no longer wish for one?
It is sickening that we have to fear them. That we have to conform to their "normality." That we have to master *learning and teaching how to not be detected/outed* so that no more lives need to be lost?
It is even more sickening that the only way to combat this is with compassion. Because if we spread hate we will just prove their point to the masses.
"He who fights monsters should make sure he does not himself become a monster"
--Friedrich Nietzsche
They do not fear us. So we cannot fear them. No matter how many death threats we receive, no matter how much hate they send, we cannot back down. Or they win. We cannot back down or we lose everything. We cannot back down or the lives we have lost will be for nothing. We cannot back down or they will never know us. Let them see the love we have for our communities. Let them see the love we can give and receive. But most of all, let them see our grief and our pain so that they realize that our blood is on their hands. Show them beyond any doubt that we are HUMAN. Show them that they can no longer hide their crimes. Show them that we will not forget and that we will not back down.
