Five days ago, drag was banned from !politicalmemes@lemmy.world for using neopronouns. A comment explaining drag’s pronouns, and a comment saying “drag” isn’t a nickname, were removed with the reason “trolling”. Drag understands why someone would think that using different pronouns than most people is trolling - transphobia. However, drag is confused how on earth not liking a nickname is a violation of any rules anywhere.

Context of the removed comments:

Drag would like to pre-empt any further accusations of trolling by asking a question: If drag were a right wing troll, and you chose to freely accept drag’s pronouns, wouldn’t that completely neuter the trolling attempt? Trolling is about trying to make others upset. You don’t have to get upset when someone uses unusual pronouns. If you aren’t transphobic, then it’s impossible to troll you that way. And drag promises: drag wants you to not be transphobic. Drag is not trying to upset anyone. If you do what drag wants you to do, then you get what you want too. This is a non-issue, there’s only a problem if you want there to be.

EDIT: DRAG DID NOT TELL ANYBODY TO USE DRAG’S PREFERRED PRONOUNS.

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      I just had a quick look and could only find quotes such as

      “I would not…”

      Which would actually be consistent with their logic (using “they” as they allowed in a comment below)

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 day ago

        Their comments legitimately could be removed from the communities for all I know, just like their politics comments (might even have been in that thread)

        I scrolled a few days back, saw them speaking like a normal person in multiple comments out of quotes, and my bullshit detectors went off

        That they went on to, almost a week later, post about it being transphobic that they were banned and seem to be incapable of understanding WHY they’re not being believed only increases my certainty

        • Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nzOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          20 hours ago

          Here’s a comment where drag uses an “I” pronoun. It’s a quote from Doctor Who. Are you sure the comment you read wasn’t another quote from a TV show?

    • Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nzOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      20 hours ago

      Drag is not a guy. Drag doesn’t mind if you don’t gender drag, but please no mis-gendering. Please no applying genders that drag doesn’t have.

        • Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nzOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          6
          ·
          19 hours ago

          Drag thinks discussing pronouns with you would be as useless as asking you to respect drag’s choice of identity words turned out to be, so drag had that conversation with Blaze without you. You are not invited to participate in that conversation.

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            17 hours ago

            discussing pronouns with you would be as useless as asking you

            Yeah, because you don’t understand the language and how it uses them. Not my fault you’re an idiot

            choice of identity words

            Yet another example of you either being unbelievably stupid or a troll: you called them pronouns until this comment, now suddenly they’re something different to pronouns?

            drag had that conversation with Blaze without you

            Oh god, Blaze I apologize you had to deal with them on my behalf

            You are not invited to participate in that conversation.

            Thank Satan, my brain cells are saved! Cute that you think you’re excluding me from something here, whatever makes you feel better