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Steve QJ's avatar

Yeah, it’s brainwashing. It’s like talking to any true believer. They twist themselves in knots because they’re determined to defend a particular lie.

As soon as you decide that there’s no difference between trans women and women, you have to redefine all these other words and concepts to maintain the fiction.

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X. Coe's avatar

I've always been fascinated by cults. Cults rush in where community fails. We seem to be awash with cults now.

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Lightwing's avatar

Where community fails. So true. I feel strongly that parts of social media are a sort of failed community. Any place where immaturity, shortsightedness, and viciousness rule is not a healthy community.

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

That's a powerful observation about 'failed community'.

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Lightwing's avatar

One of my fave things about substack (and it's mostly thoughtful, adult commenters) is how we spark each other into greater insights and awareness. Love it.

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