• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 days ago

      Oh, fuck off. Best I can do is ‘they’, I’m not entertaining a troll who’s using trans people as the brunt of their joke because they wanna identify as a mythical creature so they can get pissy with people.

      • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14 days ago

        using trans people as the brunt of their joke because they wanna identify as a mythical creature so they can get pissy with people.

        Hey man, I know that Dragonfucker is a troll, and I’m not defending their behavior or saying they aren’t doing this (not saying they are either) but we shouldn’t dismiss the idea of people identifying in unique ways like drag claims to. Xenogenders are valid and so are therians. I think that using they/them is the least we can do in this situation, and not deliberately use gendered pronouns to describe them. In dragonfucker’s case they want us to do more but they’re clearly not acting in good faith, if someone were, I would try and also encourage others to do so, but dragonfucker literally harassed me in DMs and publicly they have not shown any indication of good faith conduct. They just need to be banned like DroneRights and linkerbaan were.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        14 days ago

        While drag is 100% a troll, what evidence do you have that drag is lying about drag’s identity? Drag is not the first person I’ve met with a more complex identity, and I’ve even met one’s that are similarly upfront with their sexuality. Life, uh, finds a way, you know?

        I think Mossy Feather’s comment upthread puts it best. If drag is a troll, then using correct pronouns and respecting drag’s identity is likely the best way to fuck with drag.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          14 days ago

          If drag is a troll, then using correct pronouns and respecting drag’s identity is likely the best way to fuck with drag.

          I think it’s kind of hard, I would agree with that to an extent but I also know of cases where the troll wanted that and their goal was to make asses out of the people who did that. I once ran across a person who claimed to use Me/My pronouns and would flip out at people if they didn’t use those pronouns. Their goal was to make anyone who tried to affirm them sound stupid so they could mock them. Indeed I saw them talking shit about how “liberals will bend over backwards to respect pronouns” or “look at these dumb libt*rds trying to please t-slurs” in that case I wasted no time calling them out and not playing any games with them.

          It hasn’t been so clear cut with dragonfucker, though they did (almost 100% sure it was them) harass me very aggressively seemingly trying to get me banned on pawb.social, lemmy.blahaj.zone, possibly other instances, and just try to foster ill will against me. I’m not saying this is the same case as that or that I won’t try my best to respect dragonfucker. I do know though that it’s not as clear cut as doing what they want or the opposite.

          I hope no one gets the wrong idea or thinks I’m saying we shouldn’t respect dragonfucker’s pronouns. I’m just saying there’s a point where you need to recognize that following along can lead you into a trap if you do it blindly.