I fucking hate these shitheads, I was arguing with one earlier and no matter how many facts I gave him with proper sources he just refused to actually show any kind of respect

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[–] devil_d0c@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've learned a bit about trans life and issues from boards like these. The problem is that people assume that you know everything, and making a bad assumption is a personal attack.

So learning about trans issues is this annoying game of: put my foot in my mouth, get piled on by a bunch of pissed off internet commenters, try to engage so I can learn something, wade through the vitriol to find the one or two people not putting words in my mouth, learn a new thing.

It's exhausting and makes me not want to try most of the time.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

That's an unfortunately side-effect of living in a particularly politically charged time. The internet in particular is an awful place to explore these topics as an outsider, because you can't read almost any kind of context, tone, or intention.

Think of it like getting into cigars online (or any community). You join a cigar forum and lurk a whole bunch, and only after you've learned how things work do you try to make your own post. You don't just sign up and be like "Cohibas suck, and Cubans are overrated" - you've got to build up some goodwill first, lol