This is why there's an "intracommunity dispute" with so-called "transmeds" being uneasy about the rise of non-binary identity and fluidity in the discourse Understandably, none of this is drawing-room debate, all of this is, as Abi Thorn put it, "high-stakes street philosophy"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @zsitter
But yeah so much of this is responding to power I'm falling back on Lacan a lot recently so yeah I'll name it the "discourse of the hysteric" (loaded as that term is in multiple ways) "I'm in pain, I'm a victim, I'm in danger and I'm scared", all of which is valid and true
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That's why it's so infuriating for someone like Jesse Singal to get all snarky about activists "weaponizing suicide" and "contributing to suicide contagion" You fuckers put people in that position, Jesse You wouldn't let them have the damn pills without a REALLY GOOD REASON
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The discourse of the hysteric is in organic opposition to the discourse of the master "I'm the doctor here, I'm wearing the white coat, I DECIDE WHO GETS PILLS" And when you have a bully punching you and no way to punch back your tactic is to just scream "Ouch!" loud as you can
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"Okay! Fine! You, O Great and Powerful Scientific Establishment, have the right to decide who does and doesn't get pills But has Your Majesty considered the awful pain you are putting innocent people in? Have you seen the scars, smelled the blood, counted the bodies?"
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It's not like it's a lie It's true, the history of transness in a transphobic society is littered with corpses And if giving you the satisfaction of hearing that "Ouch!" is what it takes to make you feel bad and draw back your fist then fine let's paint a lurid portrait of pain
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But fuck's sake THIS IS ALSO DAMAGE, THIS IS ALSO HARM To have to perform this shit again and again like a trained animal To put your scars on display to pay the bills To collapse everything about being you into the worst moments of your life
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Making "gay" synonymous in the public mind with "AIDS", making "Black" synonymous with slavery and Jim Crow and police shootings, making "immigrant" synonymous with detention centers
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Good Lord The way these TERFy vultures explode with rage at seeing ANY story of trans happiness and flourishing The sheer vicious glee with which they tear into a story of a little trans girl who's been affirmed her whole life, as a new affront, something that can't be allowed
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Just like the sheer obsessive hatred around the mere existence of Caitlyn Jenner, the need to bring her back up again and again "She's trans and she's fucking RICH, do you expect me to feel sorry for her?"
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This is how the discourse of the master and the hysteric intersect, you see, how they feed on each other The master who's been made to feel guilt and pity has, in fact, won, even if the hysteric has also succeeded in their tactic and won their own victory in the process
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Replying to @arthur_affect @zsitter
Like any abuser, they get what they want after they succeed in proving that they're the ones with the power They completed their flex, they got their licks in, they got that "Ouch!" and that bruise out of you, now they can afford to be nice because they made their point
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Replying to @arthur_affect @zsitter
And nothing makes someone in that position *dangerous* faster than them realizing this arrangement is about to be disturbed When that power starts slipping away, when you can just fucking take what you want without paying the coin of performative pain
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