Yup. I hate the "TERF" label, since it is so often misapplied and abused, but "TERF" is a real thing, and never someone to be trusted. Feminists are not our friends. I think most of us here know that, but plenty of others don't. Just because you realize men and women are different, does not make you my friend. Not everyone labeled a TERF is one, but actual TERFs are 100% our enemy.
And yet people do, constantly. TD was just simping all over JK Rowling; it was incredibly embarrassing. And it wasn't even a based anti-tranny take, it was explicitly blaming men as a whole, misogyny, and essentially The Patriarchy. But if a famous person says something that mildly lines up with their own views, some people just can't help but slobber all over them.
Not trying to call you out, but can you give an example of somebody labeled a TERF who is not a TERF?
The reason I suspect this is a meaningless distinction is that TERF is a label applied by feminists, to feminists, exclusively. And I personally do not give a fuck what feminists think of other feminists.
Not trying to call you out, but can you give an example of somebody labeled a TERF who is not a TERF?
Plenty of "transphobic right wingers." That's my point; TERF is often used as a catchall term for anti-trans people, even if they're not the RF - radical feminist - part. It takes more than being "trans exclusionary" to be a TERF, is what I'm saying.
Yup. I hate the "TERF" label, since it is so often misapplied and abused, but "TERF" is a real thing, and never someone to be trusted. Feminists are not our friends. I think most of us here know that, but plenty of others don't. Just because you realize men and women are different, does not make you my friend. Not everyone labeled a TERF is one, but actual TERFs are 100% our enemy.
terfs are just feminists that take no prisoners. I fail to see why anyone would think they are somehow better than the others.
And yet people do, constantly. TD was just simping all over JK Rowling; it was incredibly embarrassing. And it wasn't even a based anti-tranny take, it was explicitly blaming men as a whole, misogyny, and essentially The Patriarchy. But if a famous person says something that mildly lines up with their own views, some people just can't help but slobber all over them.
Not trying to call you out, but can you give an example of somebody labeled a TERF who is not a TERF?
The reason I suspect this is a meaningless distinction is that TERF is a label applied by feminists, to feminists, exclusively. And I personally do not give a fuck what feminists think of other feminists.
Plenty of "transphobic right wingers." That's my point; TERF is often used as a catchall term for anti-trans people, even if they're not the RF - radical feminist - part. It takes more than being "trans exclusionary" to be a TERF, is what I'm saying.
Got it, I see what you're saying.