casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer

I reserve the vile habit of referring to people/personas as "it" only for a certain type of individual who attacks others based on identity whilst using identity politics as their personal shield.

This behavior is irregardless of their purported identity or orientation, beliefs-- it is me signalling staunch refusal to engage in any form of identity nuance when I have only ever seen them use identity in bad faith.

I can recall only two personas I go out of my way to refer to in this manner-- I can't promise that I wouldn't refer to anyone else similarly, but I hope everyday that I may never come across more who earn the distinction.

~~I'm not familiar with the context of that accusation, besides having seen the meme.~~

[insert more incessant rambling here because idk it's what I do I guess (see edit)]

~~At the end of the day, this may be an entire nothing burger, but I am still exercising my right to protest what I have all reason to believe is a deliberate attempt to censor accurate and relevant information in favor of obvious misinformation. Because while I could care less about how or when social media dies, I care deeply about the fruitful efforts of certain bad actors to skew public perception and further a social divide for their own gain.~~

edit: just paid better attention to the comment you linked, I was mistaken and that is my accusation. I disagree with the notion that I was intentionally misgendering, however-- I intentionally refused to acknowledge any gender identity for one subject in particular, but the other one I believe to be entirely accidental.

The modlog is public and you can check exactly what I said that they didn't like, then make the decision for yourself whether it's justified.

And yes, my online persona is that of an asshole. I try to not be too unpleasant of one, but I don't have the energy to sugarcoat anything and unfortunately go a little overboard with the salt.