>>419913I have, and not all of it has been positive lel. The issue is the well is so poisoned at this point. I agree, there's a tendency among the trans community in particular to come into a neutral space and feel the need to make it about transness in some way. It was funny watching chuddies get tilted over the trans door plaque in the Christmas turbine reskin, but it was also unnecessary to include that in the first place; nothing about tf2 as a game or even really the community was hostile to trans people in the first place and tf2 in particular has always been edgy, yeah, but it's also historically been a place for marginalized people and oddballs in general given it's (supposed to be, mym kind of ruined this) less serious than other games which were popular at the time like CoD and Halo, so it feels like encroachment when people put trans flags and shit into maps. I think that's a real thing worth criticizing and you're absolutely right that the easy retort to that point is "Yeah well you're only saying that because you're transphobic, bigot"
Also worth saying, I doubt you'll hear this, but there's a difference between "This behavior crosses a boundary because it turns a neutral, otherwise welcoming space for everybody into someplace where I'm interrogated on my politics" and "These fucking troons infest every space they enter like rats". One of these is obviously a much more actionable and reasonable criticism than the other, and saying what's "based" often just makes them louder, and normies will agree with them and not you until the cattle pendulum swings the other way again. I'm just saying, I've never been banned for speaking my mind and I daresay I'm pretty open about what I think about issues like this. I will say what I said if asked, I think inserting your gender identity into gaming spaces, unprompted, does nothing but spark backlash and it ultimately shits everything up for everyone. Chuds suffer because they have to see it, the trans community suffers because it makes them look bad to the chuds, and everyone in between has to put up with them bitching at one another at best, and feels like they have to pick a side at worst. I don't think anybody would consider that an outlandish take. I think what gets people banned is the latter statement
>fucking troons ruin this game>ZOMG WHY DID I GET BANNED??? WOKE MODS?????? I WAS JUST SAYING THE TRUTH??? MUH 1ST AMENDMENT????As far as Reddit goes, I deleted my Reddit account ages ago. It's just not a good website.
>botted to hell>everyone on there seems to be trying to out-snark one another>website design encourages groupthinkIt's good if you need an obscure question answered but beyond that it's legit garbage
