ReddRatt [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · edit-22 months ago[CW: Transphobia] MAGA depravityhexbear.netimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBimboChristmas [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 months agoWild enough, back in like the late 2000s, it was trans people on Something Awful who coined the term. It was just trans + goon. At some point transphobes picked up on it completely unaware of the etymology and now I’ve seen so many false etymologies for the word. But yeah at this point it’s not “hiding” a slur. It’s become a slur itself.
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoOh I thought it was a slur dreamed up by 4chan, like pol or something.
minus-squareалсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoIt’s in active use by trans people on /lgbt/
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoIf anything that just makes its status as a slur more clear.
minus-squareалсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoI find the use of “tr*nny” by enby people (and in general) much more problematic TBH
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoI dont think it has to be a contest.
minus-squareалсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoValid, was not my intention to start one 😅
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoI think it caught on in popularity when the Alt-Right was doing the whole “clown world” thing. “Trans people are just clowns in makeup” > clowns are like cartoons brought to life > trans people are cartoons > toon + trans = new slur.
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Wild enough, back in like the late 2000s, it was trans people on Something Awful who coined the term. It was just trans + goon.
At some point transphobes picked up on it completely unaware of the etymology and now I’ve seen so many false etymologies for the word.
But yeah at this point it’s not “hiding” a slur. It’s become a slur itself.
Oh I thought it was a slur dreamed up by 4chan, like pol or something.
It’s in active use by trans people on /lgbt/
If anything that just makes its status as a slur more clear.
I find the use of “tr*nny” by enby people (and in general) much more problematic TBH
I dont think it has to be a contest.
Valid, was not my intention to start one 😅
I think it caught on in popularity when the Alt-Right was doing the whole “clown world” thing. “Trans people are just clowns in makeup” > clowns are like cartoons brought to life > trans people are cartoons > toon + trans = new slur.