I'm gonna level with you guys.

This weekend, cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs supportively posted a quote on his Mastodon account, by a politician who suggested LGBTQ people commit false-flag bomb threats against themselves and their own drag story hours.

A few trans people including myself called him out on it. He didn't address any of our concerns. Instead, he tone-shamed and muted us.

I got pissed and wrote several toots, tagging him in some and not others. Thank you, anyone who read and boosted them.

Where was everyone else?

I can't help but feel if Krebs had quoted a politician suggesting Jews threatened their own synagogues for attention, or POC swatted themselves to "raise awareness" of racism, the response against him would be MUCH louder and carried by more than just a few trans people's voices.

99.9% of the time, attacks and threats against LGBTQ+ people -- particularly trans people -- are not "disinformation ops".

Is it because he's a tech bro, and one of the infosec field's designated mascots or what? Where are you at, cisgender mufos? Some words of support or acknowledgment of this hurt would go a long way.

Where are the reports against his instance, all the outcry I've seen on here for five years when someone egregiously fucks up and doubles down? I thought this place was trans-supportive.

I'm not hurt that he shamed and muted me, that part is just how it goes.

What hurts is the silence and inaction of mutuals on here. Disinformation, prejudice, and abuse of a journalistic platform just slid on by, already mostly buried in the timeline.

Trans people remember shit like that. We know what it means. My question is, do you know?

@jerry
@briankrebs
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