Lynnrael

I'm so happy! talking to a new friend, she's so cool and it's nice to talk to someone i can relate to. i was really nervous about reaching out to her because I'm not good at that but I'm so glad i did lol she's also really cute and pretty. I'm too shy to flirt yet though >.<

congratulations! i look forward to seeing your progress!

it's the best thing i ever did, personally ^.^

it wasn't debate, except it was, and it went just like it seems to every single time. I'm more frustrated with myself because i know I'm going to be held to a debate level of standard where i have to prove every statement and every thing i say is picked apart if i mention the guy. not that that's what you were intentionally doing, but it felt like that. you seem pretty cool and I'm just taking my frustrations from past encounters out on you, which really isn't fair. i wish i had the energy to discuss the rest but i don't. and that frustrates me too. i still think he does more harm than good but I'm just not going to be able to explain why in a satisfactory way. sorry for being weird about it

his repeated ableism is very upsetting to me, so when he's mentioned i feel like I have to say something. i do care, obviously, because his use of slurs, and the way he talks about brain damage is harmful. i don't want to care because it's always like this, every single time. i don't have the energy to do these silly debates that his fans always think are so important. i just need to remember to shut up about it, i guess. y'all win, no more criticism ever

these new shoes did not work out as planned. my feet hurt so goddamn bad right now

i really really really cannot express how much i don't want to care about vaush. his ableism is enough for me to not like him and I'm just going to leave it at that. i just do not want to care, I'm sorry i don't like your streamer guy

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well said, i 100% agree with everything you've said here

i don't really need to have like, a solid case for not liking someone, but in this case i think it's fair. his humor and content courts a particular kind of person that is toxic and unwilling to take a nuanced look at him or accept anything that contradicts their views. a lot of the former nazis aren't any better than they were before and haven't done any of the work to address their racism, and sexism, and they regularly seem to embrace the ableism. and yes, the r word is a slur, and I've heard him often employ ableism to make his case. does he not routinely paint the right as unintelligent? accuse them of brain damage? his content in the past courts toxic people, though i guess it's fair to say that could just be debate bro culture as a whole. deradicalization is great, but it's not a reliable way to fight fascism and never has been. it's a very individualized response to broader systemic problems. it's also important to note that bigots do have agency, that no one ends up a bigot without having some responsibility for being that. I've noticed a lot of the people he's "saved" have been under the impression that they don't need take responsibility for that, that they don't need to do any further work beyond moving left, and that's a problem. but really, i just don't like him and that's not a big deal. i wouldn't pay attention to him at all if any time someone mentioned any criticism of him people didn't jump in to defend him debate bro style. maybe i just hate debate bros and debate bro culture. either way, you're not gonna make me like him. as for Keffals, it's probably not going to show up in search and i really don't want to go into details about it because the person targeted is still receiving harassment. that's more a personal reason based on some Twitter drama i guess. but the fans who engaged in that targeted harassment were often former nazi debate bro types who used fascistic language and engaged in whatever they could to win. most of them were fans of both vaush and Keffals. but again, it's kinda irrelevant. probably shouldn't have said anything

i didn't say they were transphobic, because i honestly haven't cared about them in years and haven't bothered to wade into whatever discourse they drummed up to stay relevant. i will say that my very basic understanding is that what's her face decided to make a problem where there was none by misunderstanding the reason for saying birthing persons and yeah, i can see why she'd be criticized but i genuinely don't want to care enough to form a full opinion on the matter. woman is not a bad word, I'm trans and call myself a woman. when people use language like "birthing people" they are not referring to cis women specifically, they are referring to everyone who capable of bearing children. i know this has been explained now as it was when the discourse around this first came up but we all know it doesn't matter. the only thing that matters to fans of things when this kind of shit crops up is preserving their image of their favorite celebrity people. they don't get respect from the left because they parrot establishment liberal talking points. when i say left i dont mean progressives and liberals, i mean anarchists and communists and socialists. it's a vague, nebulous term and not always useful but that's how i use it. I'm sure plenty of liberals and progressives have quite a lot of respect for them for whatever reason

i think he deserves the flak. his insistent usage of slurs, that goes along with his ableism is reason enough for me to never like him, even if he's "mellowed out". but that aside, it's his fans that really make me not like him. they rabidly protect him against any and all criticism and are generally ableist, racist, sexist, and all around shitty people. perhaps it's just the ones that were on Twitter when i still frequented it, but they've come out of the woodwork to be insufferable shits on Reddit and imgur too. even if vaush was perfect, the fact that people like that follow him so uncritically is reason enough for me to not like him. he's not doing the left any good by bringing these kinds of useless assholes in, he's just making it worse. that said he did make at least one useful and worthwhile piece of content, he had an interview with Zoe Baker who is amazing. though i understand he also occasionally platforms fascists under the guise of beating them in debates, which is not good but idk if he still does that. edit: and he supported Keffals, so if he's been targeted by smear campaigns he's also a hypocrite for backing someone who routinely calls for harassment campaigns against black trans people

I've heard vague things about TYT getting transphobic but honestly they have so little respect among people in the far left that I never really cared about them anyways. they're liberals through and through and committed to "reform" and not any real substantial change to any of the fundamental power structures that make our society (and from which all oppression stems). i may actually need to watch that vaush video which is funny because i absolutely despise vaush and the vast majority of his fanbase. but i haven't seen anything by leftists i respect on the matter and haven't cared to investigate much. when cenk started crying about people calling themselves communist i lost any remaining respect i might have had, if there was any left

the sky was really pretty again when i went on my lunch break, idk if it's just prettier more often here or if the hrt has really made me that much happier but it's nice either way my friend might introduce me to someone who is also trans. not sure how that'll go and I'm honestly pretty nervous. I'm not good at making connections and I'm still pretty terrified I'll get rejected, but it would be so nice to have friends around here who i can relate to

hi

there were lots of places in CA offering that as a service. i kinda don't want to fuck with my eyebrows too much though, I just pluck the unibrow area and leave it at that

holy shit they already addressed it, i did not expect that. can't stress how much i respect that, just wow

welp, there's a situation with inadequate PPE, so here i go being a bitch about it until it gets fixed again i may have to submit an official hazard report thing. i don't want to though, that's work. sigh

oof, fair enough, i know that feeling. i don't know how to fix it from mobile either so I'm hoping someone knows how to and posts the solution. it's annoying