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schestowitz[TR2]Re: transphobic accusationsSep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> I'm putting together another report for somebodySep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> I'm trying to get a sample of some really acute examples of transgender Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> people being overbearing and making accusations against people or Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> punishing peopleSep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> I'm looking for the most acute examples over an extended period, over 20 Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> years or more, are there any cases that come to mind?Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> One example I already included in the list is the 2021 RMS open letter. Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> It has the accusation of being transphobic in the first paragraph.Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Another example are the messages from Ariadne Conill stalking me.Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Preferably examples where the transgender person themself has written an Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> email or something that doesn't need me to add any explanation.Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]The accusations can take the subtle form of, I don't like that person, that person said something something something, and I am also trans btw.Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]That last part is supposed to add magnitude to the accusation.Sep 22 13:10
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> If they send something on a Sunday night when most people are with their Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> kids or whatever then it tends to be seen by other trans people before Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> anybody else.  The "I am also trans" thing or the reference to Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> transphobia anywhere in such communications tends to be there to Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> deliberately set off the rest of those people before any level-headed Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> people get up the next morning and add balance to the discussion.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> There are a few examples though.  If you look at the thread in Raptor Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Forums there are comments from Tim Kelly calling me transphobic.  It is Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> not clear if somebody told him to say that or if he is being Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> oversensitive to something I wrote.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> The threshold for calling somebody transphobic is very low.  Not being Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> aware of some particular sensitivity or prohibited word is put on a par Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> with somebody who walks into a diversity meeting and commits a mass Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> shooting.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> This type of thing is not new.  They were calling Ted Walther (krooger) Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> a misogynist, racist and a nazi back in the day but I didn't have the Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> impression that he was doing anything really racist.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> In 2018, they said Dr Preining was transphobic or non-binary-phobic or Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> whatever, in 2021 it was RMS-is-transphobic but I'm trying to go back Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> further than that and find other cases where there is a particular Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> person they target with the accusation of transphobia.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]> Regards,Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]It's usually o subtle and shallow that grown-ups can ignore it and move on.Sep 22 13:49
schestowitz[TR2]Shallow like https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/22/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Has_a_Policy_on_Racism_.shtmlSep 22 13:49
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schestowitz[TR2]> Yes, grown-ups tend to ignore it because it has been done so many times.Sep 22 15:55
schestowitz[TR2]> Sep 22 15:55
schestowitz[TR2]> But nonetheless when they do it on developers or leadership figures Sep 22 15:55
schestowitz[TR2]> within the community it is not random.  It fits a pattern of social Sep 22 15:55
schestowitz[TR2]> engineering.Sep 22 15:55
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