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How is Trans a #cult? A Thread:
Isolation of members (rainbow/glitter families) and punishment for anyone who leaves (detransitioners face community exile, absolute loss of support system)
Isolation of members (rainbow/glitter families) and punishment for anyone who leaves (detransitioners face community exile, absolute loss of support system)
Submission: must be absolute or face accusations of committing literal violence; purity politics (even liking an innocuous tweet by a Bad Person can result in excommunication from the community); complete unquestioned trust in leadership (centering TW), the leader is always right
Persecution complex: us vs. them (debunked stats regarding the “epidemic of violence” against the trans community, still insisting they’re the most vulnerable demographic; using “cis” to invalidate dissent; terms like “uterus bearer” and “TERF”)
Love Bombing: showering love within the group to ensure emotional dependence (“Stunning and brave”) ( #girlslikeus)
Group Think: enforcement of movement policy as handed down by those in charge (men) relying on internal policing of behavior
Group Think: enforcement of movement policy as handed down by those in charge (men) relying on internal policing of behavior
Indoctrination and control of members’ actions and thinking through repeating mantras (“Transwomen are women” “sex is a social construct”) under threat of exclusion or violence; repetition of accepted beliefs until they can be repeated by rote
Cognitive dissonance: maintaining logically impossible beliefs (“female penis”) & avoiding/denying any facts that contradict the belief system (actual science), opposition to critical thought (“Block and Stay Safe,” TERFBlocker, Shinigami Eyes), no tolerance for ?s or skepticism
Shunning: anyone who doesn’t fall in line is cancelled until penance is paid through extreme submission, public humiliation, and apology; no-platforming feminists as a rule
Gender roles: controlling how gender is performed and defined, often leading to sexual exploitation (cotton ceiling rhetoric)
Paranoia - members are constantly told to be afraid of violence, & that anything that makes them unhappy IS violence (misgendering); false suicide stats
Paranoia - members are constantly told to be afraid of violence, & that anything that makes them unhappy IS violence (misgendering); false suicide stats
Control of language: redefining words to enforce indoctrination (see image)
We see this happening, it's sweeping up children, laws are being passed to protect this community of abusers (Bill C-16 and S-202 for example). WE SEE YOU. And we're not going to stop fighting.
We see this happening, it's sweeping up children, laws are being passed to protect this community of abusers (Bill C-16 and S-202 for example). WE SEE YOU. And we're not going to stop fighting.
If you're being told not to read/hear opposing viewpoints, that's a hell of a red flag. No one in the #radicalfeminist community has ever forbidden the consumption of any literature. We don't have to. Our ideas stand up to scrutiny. They're logically consistent, unlike others.
Our #YYC group meet the second Sunday of every month. If you're interested in getting involved/looking from support/connections, please send a message. There is a large community in #Alberta, and in #Canada. You're not alone.
And if you're trans and critical or considering detransitioning, there are resources and support out there for you too.
