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Title: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: JessicaH on September 05, 2011, 10:19:53 PM
This is some of the worst comments I have ever seen regarding transsexuals. I'm sending an email to the website.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1224777_I_m_Pregnant_and_My_Husband_Wants_to_Become_a_Woman___.html&page=1 (http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1224777_I_m_Pregnant_and_My_Husband_Wants_to_Become_a_Woman___.html&page=1)
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Vincent E.S. on September 06, 2011, 12:30:22 AM
Good grief! I live in the buckle of the bible belt, and I haven't encountered such bigotry in person. That said, people seem much more okay with spewing hate anonymously online than to someone's face. Cowards.
Although, I have noticed that MtFs seem to get the brunt end of the trans-phobic jibes. :(
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: SandraJane on September 06, 2011, 12:54:33 AM
Jessica, never mind it would just fan the flames of those ignorant po-dunks!
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: JungianZoe on September 06, 2011, 01:08:05 AM
I feel greasy and beer-soaked just following that link. :eusa_sick:
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: xxUltraModLadyxx on September 06, 2011, 02:02:49 AM
someone said the mtf transsexual made an ugly female, but as far as i'm concerned, she's beautiful, and i would love to see what that jerk looks like. i looked a little at the website, and it's a website for guns. it's mostly just hick guys that would be on there i'm guessing, and of course they just drink and act all masculine like i think zoe was trying to say. i'm not trying to stereotype, but the sad part is, that's just what they seem to me. they are not the subculture who are too fond of us.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: xAndrewx on September 06, 2011, 02:10:53 AM
Ugh I hate ignorance
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Cindy on September 06, 2011, 02:30:00 AM
What strange people. Thanks JessicaH, for warning me about a site I will never bother to look at.

I think one thing that got to me was the tone or feeling of superiority of the people. Totally that they were correct, no concept of the position or problems, and the attitude of which one would you like to F. And the feeling it was their right to be able to do so.

Yuk.

Cindy
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: tekla on September 06, 2011, 06:47:33 AM
What?  You're surprised to find that at a site billed as "Your Firearm Resource" and sponsored by SWAT and Solider of Fortune type stuff?  You know Captain Louis Renault was shocked, shocked to find gambling at Rick's too.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: JessicaH on September 06, 2011, 08:23:55 AM
I know a lot of firearms enthusiest and this is not them. I think it's a subset of this group and it seems that it was instigated someone from Brooke's home town. It's a real shame because I have chatted with both Brooke and her wife on FaceBook and they are really nice people.

I sent emails to several of the contacts from the website pointing out this hate filled thread that they are hosting (which violates their ToS). I kindly pointed out that their advertisers probably wouldn't want to be associated with a website spewing this kind of hate and that the Attorney General may be interested in some of the posts that could easily be construed as a terroristic threat.

I will post the AR15.com response later, if I get one.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: mimpi on September 11, 2011, 12:31:31 PM
What a nasty far-right site full of psychos. Their thoughts and opinions are worth jack sh*t.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: LilKittyCatZoey on September 11, 2011, 12:36:46 PM
my bets are the guys got aroused from that pic and the girls are jealous of their beauty
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: mimpi on September 11, 2011, 01:08:57 PM
Quote from: LilKittyCatZoey on September 11, 2011, 12:36:46 PM
my bets are the guys got aroused from that pic and the girls are jealous of their beauty

Lol! Anyone else tempted to go on there and cause mayhem? >:-)
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woma
Post by: JenJen2011 on September 11, 2011, 01:22:08 PM
Tell me why I'm not surprised. This sort of stuff isn't new to me anymore.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: tekla on September 11, 2011, 01:29:49 PM
Lol! Anyone else tempted to go on there and cause mayhem?

Hell no, they are armed to the teeth, high on gun porn and wet dreaming of Rambo.  A much better idea is to turn their kids into hippies and bleeding hearts and artists, because if this is their modus operandi  for solving problems it stands to reason they are going to be rotten parents.  And what with all that dreaming about full metal jackets, laser sights, and checkered grips that don't hold fingerprints and all that gun porn stuff -  you could probably talk their wife into slipping into something more comfortable too.  As their own bumper sticker says: My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun never.  OK then.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: mimpi on September 11, 2011, 03:30:53 PM
Quote from: tekla on September 11, 2011, 01:29:49 PM
Lol! Anyone else tempted to go on there and cause mayhem?

Hell no, they are armed to the teeth, high on gun porn and wet dreaming of Rambo.  A much better idea is to turn their kids into hippies and bleeding hearts and artists, because if this is their modus operandi  for solving problems it stands to reason they are going to be rotten parents.  And what with all that dreaming about full metal jackets, laser sights, and checkered grips that don't hold fingerprints and all that gun porn stuff -  you could probably talk their wife into slipping into something more comfortable too.  As their own bumper sticker says: My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun never.  OK then.

Lol! That and worse!

Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Ribbons on September 11, 2011, 03:36:15 PM
I've seen the show they're talking about. The husband decided to not transition and said she didn't feel female anymore at the end.

Interesting thread.. On most forums and boards those guys would get banned and flagged very quickly. Do they have no mods on there?
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: JessicaH on September 11, 2011, 06:52:54 PM
Quote from: Ribbons on September 11, 2011, 03:36:15 PM
I've seen the show they're talking about. The husband decided to not transition and said she didn't feel female anymore at the end.


Actually, Brooke held back a lot on the show and is continuing transition. I have cahtted with her and her wife and they are very nice people. Her wife is VERY supportive and understanding.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: anima.liber on September 11, 2011, 07:12:55 PM
The nerve of some people.  >:(
Their only reason for bashing others is because the internet prohibits their victims from knowing their faces and names.  >:(
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Princess of Hearts on September 11, 2011, 07:38:24 PM
At a forum I post at one of the members always goes out of his way to refer to me as 'him' and he uses 'his' as well.   On rare occasions when he is feeling generous he will refer to me as 'it'.    This has been going on for four years.   I don't engage with him in anyway, I have found out through experience that some people will never ever accept me as I am.


P.S.  He is always posting that he wants to have sex with me!


Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: fionabell on November 23, 2011, 05:09:50 AM
There were a few nice comments on there. And the actual video was good. I really love how they accepted each others flaws. It was lovely.

I think that forum was full of young idiot >-bleeped-<s who don't understand it's important for everyone to be loved.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Kelly-087 on April 28, 2012, 05:28:25 PM
This is just guys talking~ Chances are only one of them is really transphobic but the rest are joking and agreeing because they don't want to be seen as gay.

I knew some guys once that were making gay jokes. One leader. I wasn't part of it. Until the gay guy in the class was like, "Oh, my boyfriend would find that hilarious!"

They all stopped, thought about it. laughed a second and one was like "Dude, Im sorry". It was awesome.

Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Kate G on September 29, 2013, 09:24:06 PM
Quote from: JessicaH on September 05, 2011, 10:19:53 PM
This is some of the worst comments I have ever seen regarding transsexuals. I'm sending an email to the website.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1224777_I_m_Pregnant_and_My_Husband_Wants_to_Become_a_Woman___.html&page=1 (http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1224777_I_m_Pregnant_and_My_Husband_Wants_to_Become_a_Woman___.html&page=1)


When I read the thread on ar15.com I think about how so many of us are posting videos and educating Society about trans people.  In some ways it is like there is a cute little animal on the endangered species list but most of the hillbillies don't know where to find it and how delicious it is so we draw them maps and give them recipes.  And then we are so stunned and shocked and bewildered when the hillbillies start killing and eating those cute little animals.  Some of us thought they would feel what we felt when they knew what we knew.  We thought those hillbillies would be carrying signs that said, "Save the cute little endangered animals".  But instead of realizing our mistake we figured that we hadn't passed out enough maps or recipes so more maps and recipes are printed to hand out to the hillbillies and then more and more and more until the cute little animal is completely extinct.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Devlyn on September 29, 2013, 09:30:04 PM
I'm not sure why people bring hate here in the first place. It seems wrong. Leave the trash on the trash sites.
Title: Re: Hateful thread on AR15.com about "I'm Preg and my husband wants to be a woman."
Post by: Jamie D on September 29, 2013, 09:41:10 PM
Old news.  Here's the YouTube if you want to watch, but this topic is going back into the deep freeze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVL6wzMU_oY