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Shit Homophobics Say That Make Absolutely No Sense
Homophobics come up with some of the most absurd barbs to harass and intimidate queer people
Introduction
The internet is a strange place. Every day is a different day, and you never know who the algorithmic gods might place in front of you.
Every day I find myself to be torn between being authentic and real, or performative and fake on social media.
I once spoke about an incident of stalking that I’d encountered on the subway system of my city on a Reddit forum. That comment got more than 300 likes. People were apologizing and empathizing with me, and others were sharing their own versions of such incidents to show that I wasn’t the only one to be meted out such horrendous treatment and that I definitely wasn’t alone.
On another occasion, I’d spoken of an instance of physical harassment that I’d encountered at a local gym on a different Reddit forum. What I encountered on that post was the complete opposite of the first one: Crickets!
Well, it was crickets for a while after I posted about the incident. But what came next was far worse. Downright invalidation, accusing me of playing the victim card, “attention seeker”, and what not. I was on the verge of tears that day and ended up having to delete that post in order to…
