QT: can we stop with the violent rhetoric?

submitted by GCurious80 from self.GCdebatesQT

If there are QT here right now? Anyway, I admit that I went back to Reddit to look at what they were saying about these most recent bans (why? I don't know, apparently I'm a masochist?)

I was on SRD and someone literally said (something very close to, don't make me go back) "glad the TERF subs got the ban hammer. Hope real TERFS get real hammers next."

Someone commented that they felt uncomfortable expressing their discomfort with wishes for violence on other people, and this was followed by the usual "TERFS are the real violent ones" rhetoric.

But I've never seen a "TERF" actually promoting physical violence against anyone. Thoughts? Do you actually think that "TERFS deserve to be hit with a hammer" is a reasonable stance?

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[–]magnora7 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

No and if someone advocated violence on saidit like that we'd ban them

[–]Rae 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm glad to hear that.

Also, welcome to our little community!

[–]DistantGlimmer 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's all male violence and projection. They assume we want to do with them what they want to do to us (giving them perhaps too much credit that they actually believe we want to do violence to them and are not just knowingly lying.)

Reddit will not do anything to them because threatening women based on sex is fine according to them. Say the same thing about TRAs and you would get banned (if this needs to be said I obviously do not support threatening violence against TRAs either)

[–]grixitperson 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would consider that abuse.

[–]luckystar 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Just a suggestion, might you be able to screen cap those posts (blur out usernames if you have to) and share them somewhere? It's good to have primary source evidence when claims like "nobody is sending women violent threats" inevitably come about

[–]GCurious80[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Erm. I don't know how to blur out things, sorry, not super tech savvy, but I will send them to you.

[–]littlerbear 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd like to see them too. I have quite a few FB friends who are all about 'free speech having consequences'. I'd like to post some of this stuff and ask them how they'd respond if someone sent something like this to their wife or their daughter.

[–]tamingthemindradfem (GC) 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also! Apparently declaring that "TERFs get the toaster bath" isn't against facebook community standards. Fun times.