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  • I’m not saying it’s perfect, but it’s definitely not as “backhanded” as the other one. In fact, that “compliment”, especially in the context of the meme, implies they didn’t realize the person is transgender until it was somehow pointed out explicitly, because of the whole “wow, you’re trans?” part.


  • I kinda see your point, but I think context is important here. For many trans people, part of transitioning includes working toward presenting as their identified gender, and that process can take time and effort. So when someone says “you look good for a trans man/woman”, in a clumsy way, it might be meant as recognition of that effort, like saying, “you look exactly how you hoped to". Which is completely different from automatically assuming that all women are stupid for being women.


  • Farid@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.worldThank you ^.^
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    14 hours ago

    Isn’t this about “you look good for a trans man/woman”?

    “You’re smart for a woman” is just straight up sexist and demeaning, while the former “compliment”, maybe not as flattering to some as the giver intends, does not imply any prejudice.
















  • I was participating in the comment section of that post, and I was actually defending the criticism of* using AI for memes, but I agree that mods over there are… a little too proactive. Like, I was debating with a person and their comments were getting removed. Sure, I disagreed with that person, but their comments weren’t particularly outrageous as to be removed.

    On the other hand, it seems that both communities have a couple “outspoken vegan” kind of members whose intent is to be the guy from “stop having fun!” meme. Which causes mod overreaction.