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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

TRA Trolls - can we just say NO?

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BlueEyedBogWitch · 06/10/2025 08:24

A full thread of NO’s might be more powerful than trying to reason with someone who is not interested in reason.

Just one ‘NO’ each, until they get bored and go away. Every time.

After all, it sums up our arguments very succinctly.

OP posts:
FlirtsWithRhinos · 08/10/2025 20:57

Tandora · 08/10/2025 19:20

You are right, it's completely pointless - there's absolutely nothing I could do or say that would make an iota of difference . It just concerns me that new people come in and become radicalised.

Ah, well rest assured you are doing an absolutely sterling job there, so please do keep it up 👌

NotAtMyAge · 08/10/2025 21:12

Tandora · 08/10/2025 19:06

So for sports I think it would be much better for everyone , especially women, if we developed a broader range of more nuanced categories .

Also, I think the trans issue is a complete irrelevance/ distraction regarding sports.
competitions already have rules re hormone treatments etc, and there are exceptionally few trans women participating in women's sports in general, especially at a professional level

Edited

Thankfully that isn't going to happen. In international competition all the movement is in the other direction towards strict male/female categories based on biological sex.I read today that the IOC is ending research into testosterone suppression in male athletes because there are just too many other physiological advantages they possess over females. The presence of trans-identified males in female sport was always likely to tip the pendulum against trans inclusion in the minds of the general public and so it has proved.

NotAtMyAge · 08/10/2025 21:22

Tandora · 08/10/2025 19:31

To be clear, I will never allow someone who brazenly says that there's "nothing wrong with being transphobic" to define/ control the terms of this conversation.

Who made you thread monitor, Tandora? You didn't start this one and you have no more authority to control the conversation than anyone else. Talk about arrogance...🙄

potpourree · 08/10/2025 21:24

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2025 20:14

if only you were right on your first two assumptions! No, there’s no such agreement from many transactivists.

So we have trans activists that say sex exists, and trans activists that say it doesn't?

So which of those is the transphobic belief?

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 21:31

FlirtsWithRhinos · 08/10/2025 20:52

"That PP" is me.

I utterly reject your false assertion that I think "someone else being trans" harms me.

As I already said in my response to that allegation, what harms women (original sex based meaning) is not how the trans person may see themself, it is the legal or social act of accomodating trans women's self image by pretending they are female bodied rather than male bodied and requiring women (OSM) by exercising legal or social power to deny their own needs and their own self image and play along.

For now I will assume you made an honest mistake.

You now have no excuse to misrepresent me.

If you ever say this again I will call you out as a liar.

You know Flirts, I must admit that I am finding it a grind to work out what this poster’s posts mean as I see new context that makes me question a previous post.

I haven’t seen you post anything transphobic yet the personal attacks on you and other posters continue. Plus ca change it seems.

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 21:35

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 19:36

@Tandora MN needs to get better at moderating those posts which are ableist, racist, misogynistic and transphobic. However given the fairly recent influx of extreme far right posters, mainly of whom were men, who were allowed to continue posting blatantly racist and misogynistic nonsense - it’s clear MN doesn’t care. It creates more traction at the end of the day.

Research shows that trying to engage in debate with people who hold intransigent extreme beliefs, only serves for the person to double down. I think in this case you are a target for people to take their frustration out on, in respect to gender identity politics / womens rights / gender ideology. I can understand their frustrations to a point, but surely time would be better spent campaigning and/or contributing to research in this area rather than trying to score points and win an argument with a stranger on the internet who happens to have empathy for transgender individuals. I do think people have become more extreme in their thinking more generally, and MN is a microcosm which demonstrates this.

However given the fairly recent influx of extreme far right posters, mainly of whom were men, who were allowed to continue posting blatantly racist and misogynistic nonsense - it’s clear MN doesn’t care.

Can you please clarify who are the recent extreme far right posters on FWR?

DrBlackbird · 08/10/2025 21:42

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 21:35

However given the fairly recent influx of extreme far right posters, mainly of whom were men, who were allowed to continue posting blatantly racist and misogynistic nonsense - it’s clear MN doesn’t care.

Can you please clarify who are the recent extreme far right posters on FWR?

They mean themselves lol. Might be time to just say no thank you.

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 21:48

@Helleofabore Why? You will only go on to say that they aren’t extreme far right bigots, as many of the posters on this thread were defending them and engaging in the same racism denial. The hypocrisy was astounding. You cannot claim to be a feminist while supporting and endorsing the likes of Trump and his ilk.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 08/10/2025 21:50

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 21:48

@Helleofabore Why? You will only go on to say that they aren’t extreme far right bigots, as many of the posters on this thread were defending them and engaging in the same racism denial. The hypocrisy was astounding. You cannot claim to be a feminist while supporting and endorsing the likes of Trump and his ilk.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

Are you ok?! Genuinely.

ArabellaSaurus · 08/10/2025 21:50

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 21:48

@Helleofabore Why? You will only go on to say that they aren’t extreme far right bigots, as many of the posters on this thread were defending them and engaging in the same racism denial. The hypocrisy was astounding. You cannot claim to be a feminist while supporting and endorsing the likes of Trump and his ilk.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

More smears and slurs.

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 22:08

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 21:48

@Helleofabore Why? You will only go on to say that they aren’t extreme far right bigots, as many of the posters on this thread were defending them and engaging in the same racism denial. The hypocrisy was astounding. You cannot claim to be a feminist while supporting and endorsing the likes of Trump and his ilk.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

Sorry? You are saying there has been a recent influx of male posters on FWR who support the far right?

I asked merely for clarification as to who you meant. I should have made clear that I was after general descriptions and not a listing. For example, the posters who have come and said x and who have been up front about being male was what I was expecting.

However, you have obviously felt entirely free to attack me for the second time today for interacting with you.

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/10/2025 22:09

Tandora · 08/10/2025 19:31

To be clear, I will never allow someone who brazenly says that there's "nothing wrong with being transphobic" to define/ control the terms of this conversation.

oh get a grip

you can't control anything. you can't even make sense

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 22:10

ArabellaSaurus · 08/10/2025 21:50

More smears and slurs.

It seems so.

Bombshelter · 08/10/2025 22:14

I’m not by any stretch of the imagination a trump supporter. Just to be clear. And I haven’t ever posted anything in support of anyone far right. Ever.

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/10/2025 22:18

potpourree · 08/10/2025 21:24

So we have trans activists that say sex exists, and trans activists that say it doesn't?

So which of those is the transphobic belief?

what day is it?

ah Wednesday

on Wednesdays thinking sex doesn't exist is transphobic, along with cabbage, Manchester United Football team and the concept of goodness

hope that helps

MrsOvertonsWindow · 08/10/2025 22:22

Helleofabore · 08/10/2025 22:10

It seems so.

Seems to me this thread is showcasing the seething fury of extreme transactivists. They're enraged that women won't be quiet, won't stop pointing out the coercive nature of the demands made on women and girls, won't stop highlighting the incoherent nonsense that's presented as "evidence" for gender identity and won't stop demanding that transactivists leave children alone. Along with the glorious irony of claiming there's an influx of right wing men on FWR. It's so batshit it's funny.

Except it's not funny - it's downright dangerous with children, young people and many women being the victims.

NotAtMyAge · 08/10/2025 22:43

Plastictreees · 08/10/2025 21:48

@Helleofabore Why? You will only go on to say that they aren’t extreme far right bigots, as many of the posters on this thread were defending them and engaging in the same racism denial. The hypocrisy was astounding. You cannot claim to be a feminist while supporting and endorsing the likes of Trump and his ilk.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

You cannot rationalise with such irrationality, and I certainly won’t be wasting anymore energy.

Pleased to hear it. Perhaps we can now get on with discussing women's rights and concerns without all these attempts to make us include males in them.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 08/10/2025 22:52

Bombshelter · 08/10/2025 22:14

I’m not by any stretch of the imagination a trump supporter. Just to be clear. And I haven’t ever posted anything in support of anyone far right. Ever.

Is anyone a Trump supporter? Or have they just agreed with him on one point. I’m certainly no fan of Trump (or Charlie Kirk as previously stated 😂).

Same as if Trump stated the world is round and we agreed (because it is), our angry Plastic pal would also accuse us all of being far right Trump supporters. That’s the calibre of counter-argument we’ve got to deal with here. Still don’t know why they give this board so much energy. It’s wild.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2025 23:13

Ereshkigalangcleg · 08/10/2025 15:09

I didn’t derive “anti trans” views from my experience, I just don’t want men in my female spaces. Nothing to do with whether those men believe they are women or not.

That’s what I’ve observed time and time again as women recount their experience. It seems to me it’s tandora who is viewing through a trans-tinted lens. Women just want a few specific spaces with no males in them.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 08/10/2025 23:15

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 08/10/2025 22:52

Is anyone a Trump supporter? Or have they just agreed with him on one point. I’m certainly no fan of Trump (or Charlie Kirk as previously stated 😂).

Same as if Trump stated the world is round and we agreed (because it is), our angry Plastic pal would also accuse us all of being far right Trump supporters. That’s the calibre of counter-argument we’ve got to deal with here. Still don’t know why they give this board so much energy. It’s wild.

Because it really bothers them that this board exists in the way it does.

potpourree · 09/10/2025 00:36

Sort of going back to the OP, does that person (maybe had Lime in their username?) still post dubious articles and plop off?

Anyone remember the jj poster who popped in every so often, often about police topics (recording non-crime incidents on protestors etc), quite some time ago now? Wonder what happened to them - possibly got bored of not provoking tirades, just sensible pointings-out...

VoulezVouz · 09/10/2025 00:56

Ereshkigalangcleg · 08/10/2025 19:18

It’s also breathtaking DARVO. The pp has themselves had posts deleted multiple times for breaking talk guidelines, but there you go.

Didn’t you do some breathtaking DARVO to me earlier the thread? Indeed, yes.

DahnFrumLunden · 09/10/2025 06:31

NotAtMyAge · 08/10/2025 21:22

Who made you thread monitor, Tandora? You didn't start this one and you have no more authority to control the conversation than anyone else. Talk about arrogance...🙄

@Tandora is perfectly right though, isn't she? Try read her post, then - and this might be harder - thinking about it. Do you really want to be on the side of people who hate indiscriminately? Really?

Tandora · 09/10/2025 06:34

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2025 23:13

That’s what I’ve observed time and time again as women recount their experience. It seems to me it’s tandora who is viewing through a trans-tinted lens. Women just want a few specific spaces with no males in them.

Women just want a few specific spaces

if this was all that was being demanded I would support it.

DahnFrumLunden · 09/10/2025 06:37

Tandora · 09/10/2025 06:34

Women just want a few specific spaces

if this was all that was being demanded I would support it.

Hear hear. I feel exactly the same way. I can clearly see the ideology that controls many people here on MN and it's very ugly.

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