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Trans Talk 8w
as a Black trans man, do you guys know it isn’t cool to promote yourself as a redneck hick just bc you are country and trans masculine?
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Anonymous 8w

at first i was thinking that you were talking about dressing like a cowboy but now that i get it, that’s so uncool, white queer people scare me sometimes

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Anonymous 8w

being a redneck is not tough and when you guys say shit like that i just think you are proudly claiming to be racist. it is like that guy who had a photoshoot as a CONFEDERATE GENERAL for “gender euphoria” we may be men, but use your heads guys. do you wanna be THAT guy?

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Anonymous 8w

White queers can be a special breed of person that’s for sure 🫩

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Anonymous 8w

I don’t think it necessarily has a racist connotation. more like country white trash

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

A trans guy did what for what??? 😭 White queers strike again

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

Fake friends out here calling themselves Hijras bc they “identified with the oppression” to my trans Indian face like gtfo

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

cowboys are great! rural culture is wonderful, and i’m in a very rural place myself. there IS a difference between being country and claiming yourself as a redneck tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

EWWWW

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

i could be wrong—as in maybe there’s implications which have been so deeply ingrained at the cultural level that this doesn’t make much difference? i’m white myself so i don’t wanna talk over you as if i know everything—but I think it’s worth mentioning that antiracist class-affiliation groups like Redneck Revolt argue the term is more complicated than that

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

https://www.redneckrevolt.org they’re associated with the John Brown Gun Club, i’ve seen them tabling at my local anarchist bookfair. but if you think trying to reclaim that language is a misguided move, i can respect that of course

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

if there is a group of anti-racist rednecks they need a better PR team. or a new term would suffice. trying to pivot a terrorizing group does not seem like the best move, but i am also Black and my history with that is not positive. to reiterate: saying you are country or rural is not a bad thing. the term “redneck” seems like you are flagging something to other white people. if you are country, i don’t see why you wouldn’t just say that. flagging as a redneck feels harmful than helpful

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