Can we be like… trans-positive without blatantly hating on cis-people? Like… that’s the exact kind of humour you don’t want about the trans community… why spread it yourself then?
It very specifically targeted cis men with fragile masculinity, not cis men generally.
Trans people also make jokes about being trans all the time, the difference is they’re actually funny and the punchline isn’t that someone is trans. The punchline here isn’t that the dude is cis.
Edit: Jesus, I didn’t even notice this was in the transmemes community. How fragile can you be??
Yet, being cis is part of the joke, right? You could have just as easily included trans men with overly masculine behaviour into this without changing the punchline So why are the men laughed at cis in particular? What you say is akin to “Yeah, but the joke isn’t racist, I didn’t joke about all the blacks! Just about the insecure blacks! That’s not racist!”
The way I interpret the message of this meme is that being a trans man against all odds is way more impressive and cooler than any toxic masculinity ever will be. I don’t see why this would be a joke against cis people. I see the “cis male” here only as an insert to hammer home the “white MAGA alpha male” stereotype. Maybe the meme could have been phrased better in order to keep the term “cis male” out. But then again it’s just a meme…
I’m a cis man, I didn’t feel targeted at all by this. It’s pretty explicit about who is the butt of the joke.
The most manliest thing you can do is whatever the fuck you want.
(It’s cool when women do this too but this is my response if someone gives me shit for drinking fruity drinks or w/e. That and it tastes nice and gets me fuuuucked up)
