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In reply to the discussion: DU depresses me sometimes. Seems TERFs get to run free in GD... [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)3. TERF = Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist...
or as I prefer to call them, bigots.
They're essentially feminists that hate trans people. They're the Westboro Baptist Church of feminism. In the past, they've doxxed trans people, called their employers and doctors to get them fired or deprived of medications. In one case, a TERF organization teamed up with the Pacific Justice Institute (a right-wing anti-gay and anti-trans group) to harass a trans teen until she became suicidal.
Of course, the bigots in the thread I linked could be right-wing trolls, or just mundane assholes.
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DU depresses me sometimes. Seems TERFs get to run free in GD... [View all]
backscatter712
Sep 2015
OP
Yeah, I think they pretty much just hate anyone who has (or once had) a penis.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2015
#13
that is a shameful op. The poster is an overt and now proud and smug bigot.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#5
I have a theory that this person is a bigot that's peeved about the SCOTUS decision on SSM
icymist
Sep 2015
#11
Ambivalence is certainly better than outright hostility, but regardless, I hear what you're saying.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2015
#23