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Ok, but what does that have to do with this thread?The culture of tumblr & that school of modern 'progressivism' is so toxic. I don't know if this counts as revealing my power level but because I live in a big city and because of what I do in my day to day life I come in contact with a lot of these types in person, and it really is just like courtly etiquette. You have to preface everything with so many caveats and condemnations and clarifications that it is just insane, and the speed at which people leap to judge and shame is nightmarish. There's no such thing as casual conversation with these people.
I've met a lot of nice people who have been sucked into that world, because it is painted as what's currently right-on and liberal. But there are also a lot of sociopathic, narcissistic creeps who use it as a stick to beat people with. Every FTM transperson I've met has been cool and easy to get along with, but holy shit, some of the mtf people and especially the people who demand 'they' pronouns are manipulative drama bombs. I think a lot of the they people use it as a dominance thing because it's so difficult to accommodate naturally into conversation.
I think they're just the modern equivalent of that nun who rings the bell and says SHAME SHAME SHAME on game of thrones. They're horrible people who latch on to what is held as 'righteous' so that if you disagree with them they can call you a sinner.
I see a lot of shmorky in those people, and vice versa. It's not about being liberal or being fair or whatever, it's a power kick for them and an excuse to be rude to people while defending their own bad behaviour.
We have a whole Tumblr section where you can post these things that everyone already knows.