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Here, I translated it from Troll into English for you

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  • And let's not forget forget you, out there chastising people for posting anti-transphobe memes.

    You're really doing your part to silence those against transphobia. I'm sure the other tankies are pleased.

    • "Anti-transphobe!" A meme joking about trans people killing ourselves is "anti-transphobe!"

      Least performative liberal "ally"

      • Mocking transphobes =/= joking about trans suicide.

        Like I said -- it went over your head.

        • Joking about trans suicide = joking about trans suicide. It didn't go over my head, you just didn't understand why I objected to it.

          • Including X in a joke about Y does not make the joke about X.

            You didn't get it.

            • Yes it literally does.

              • No it literally doesn't.

                • a·bout

                  preposition

                  1. on the subject of; concerning.

                  This meme is on the subject of and concerning trans suicide, it is, objectively, a joke about trans suicide.

                  • The subject of the joke is transphobes thinly veiling their transphobia.

                    Your logic would say this joke is about Spiderman, which is absurd.

                    • A meme can be about multiple things. If Spiderman was a sensitive topic to vulnerable populations being used as a punchline to score political points, then I would be objecting to including Spiderman like that. But that's not the case. Instead it's trans suicide that's being used insensitively, as a punchline to score political points, which is why I objected to it. Because I don't consider the topic of trans suicide and appropriate subject matter to joke about, or to include references to in a joke "about" something else.

                      • So you're genuinely doubling down and saying this joke is about Spiderman. Thats ridiculous.

                        But let's remember that you've also asserted that liking a meme means advocating for anything it includes. So by your logic, I'm a huge fan of Spiderman, glasses, blue wallpaper, and shirtlessness. Such sound reasoning!

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