Like... they don't even save this for situations where optics could play to their favor if someone was totally in the dark on their whole MO. Bigot A can be a man, celebrating a trans woman being murdered, and they'll still try to play this card without changing a single word.
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Define "worked"
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It works on people who aren't part of the conversation and aren't paying attention before that point.
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I mean... citation needed. I just can't see it.
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Terf trolling works if the audience is themselves. The reaction reassures them of how awful trans people are. (The same goes for a lot of street preaching. Shouting about hellfire convinces no one, but the reaction convinces them of how corrupt the world outside the church is.)
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Define "worked" It makes them and their friends feel righteous and smug
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lol what do you mean, it has worked consistently to dehumanize ideological opponents... hell it has been pretty much the entire defense for all the terrible media created in the last few year.
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Tbqh, if this was floating around when I was attacked, I honestly don't think I could have walked away, no matter how fit I was.
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I don't think the point of this optics flare is to truly "convert" any reasonable people to transphobia; I've always felt like it was a way to give ignorant already transphobic individuals pseudo PC language to hide their dog whistles behind.
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