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decolonize-the-left · 3 months

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Hey this might be a weird question but you seem to know a lot about the strategies TERFs use and what they're hiding, so I just wanted to ask and you don't have to answer.

Why do so many TERFs have this weird hostility towards bi and ace people? I don't think either of those identities have anything to do with being trans but I've seen so many TERFs who are also biphobic and/or aphobic. My gut instinct was that there was some large overlap between bi/ace people and trans people, but then I've found TERFs give shit to cis bis and aces so I'm not sure if it's that or some other reason. I'm not trans myself but I want to be able to recognize TERF rhetoric to be a better ally to trans people.

A couple reasons.

First one is that hating bis/aces is at the entrance of the TERF pipeline; they utilize this 'soft bigotry' to radicalize LGBTs and it usually looks like this:

To recruit queer ppl first they try to get us to stop considering aces as Oppressed. That's how it starts. They're aren't Doing anything so how can they be oppressed? They don't know what it's like to marginalized....how could they? They're just stealing the spotlight of Actually oppressed ppl

And once you accept that they turn to bisexuals. Who are only half gay, you know? And most of them date men anyway or end up marrying men so like? How the hell would they know what it's like to literally Live oppression 24/7? Do we we really want them to have a voice and speak for those of us that don't have an escape from our oppression?

This works because on the surface TERFS/Radfems appear to care about women and gender equality, which a lot of queer people obviously support. But they exploit those of us that don't know enough about feminism's intersectional (and very gay) history to identify them as bad actors.

From here the person they've targeted will either a- accept this and likewise will eventually also accept that trans oppression isnt real either (fulfilling the TERF's actual goal of recruitment) OR b- they'll realize they've been manipulated and try to deconstruct.

Secondly:

TERFs are white supremacist and their beliefs are founded white supremacist ideology and outdated scientific theories that Support white supremacist rhetoric.

It's called gender-essentialism which is a branch of bio-essentialism which is the belief that the biological body you have has inherent skills and abilities. Racists have used this to deny Black humanity just as TERFs use it to deny the existence of gender diversity.

But nobody is inherently weaker because of a uterus, nor are they bad drivers just because they have a uterus. All women are not good mothers just because they are women. Men are not all abusers just because they are men.

TERFs would have you swallow these beliefs; they're vital to maintaining the Core TERF Value that that trans people aren't Real and people with uteri are always helpless victims to be defended against evil men.

And as white supremacists their goal is to disrupt and destroy minority communities so that we are too divided to unify against legal attacks. TERFs do this from the inside out by putting bis/aces in a different category from the other queers while disguising their bigotry as feminist. They get us to voluntarily undermine and destroy our own movement this way by causing intercommunity "bi/ace discourse" that makes bis/aces out to be an enemy of "real" oppressed people (like transphobic lesbians for example)

Thirdly:

Lots of queer people are feminists which makes us easy targets and that's why they focus on the queer community. Additionally, the queer community has a history of being a threat to the white supremacist establishment so dividing us is vital to their goal of eventually wiping out anyone who isnt cis, straight, white, neurotypical, and able bodied

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brickwindowsandbrokenwalls · 2 years

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1. Abortion is healthcare, and idc what your "opinion" is. Opinions don't effect people's livelihoods like this.

2. If cis men were told, today, by the same court, that they had to get mandatory vasectomies... it's unlikely protests would be peaceful and more likely that these laws would be immediately changed for their benefit. And/or there would be no enforcement like there is within the states where abortion is illegal/soon to be illegal.

Tell me *insert name of a cisgender straight white man here* how would YOU feel?? If the government... ya know, told you what to do with your reproductive system?

3. It doesn't matter how you look at it, making abortion illegal anywhere is harmful and DEADLY. People have already started dying and we are just a few days into this clusterfucked situation.

4. Women and those who have uteri will absolutely still seek reproductive healthcare, with or without the government's approval. The court's decision isn't the flex some think it is. This will actually result in MORE deaths, and terrible, preventable ones at that.

Which brings me to -

5. The biggest joke of this all, is this is apparently what "pro life" looks like. I dont think there are words for the hypocrisy and contradictions at play here. "Pro life"... but not when a pregnancy is killing the person who is carrying it. "Pro life" but not once a child is born. "Pro life" but we cant even keep babies & children fed in this country. "Pro life" but parents and birthing people cannot get paid time off work to care for their new babies. "Pro life" but it's okay if suicide rates go up. "Pro life" but let's just sit back while small children are shot in their schools. "Pro life" but they don't care if the birthing person wants/ is ready/capable of caring for their pregnant body and a child (since cis men are never held accountable, this will also often mean the birthing person will be alone in being the caretaker.)

The biggest joke.

6. I think that some have forgotten how pregnancy actually happens. So. For those still believing that this isn't a war on women.... pull your head out of your ass. Please. And then read: Us with uteri aren't the ones who cause pregnancy. We can have sex a million times, but without sperm, there will be no pregnancy.

7. This entire thing is going to backfire in so many ways. So many ways. And I dont think the people cheering for it even see the hell that is sneaking up on all of us. They might think that they're winning.... but winning for whom?

#wordsfrommyhead #abortion is healthcare #abortion is a human right #pro abortion #fuck your guns #birthing people #my body my fucking choice

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