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You know, it sucks real bad to have to see this shit all day every day from libs and chuds but it is always an extra punch in the gut coming from fellow “leftists.” SWs posts about our own lived experience get deboosted by Elon’s hateful ass algorithm but every day some new jackass who has never sold hole goes viral with some bullshit like this.

Then when we come to defend ourselves, we get to deal with the same tired SWERF ass arguments like “yOu aRe pRiViLeGeD yOu dOn’T rEpReSeNt aLL sEx WoRkErS,” “Blah Blah Blah Trafficking blah blah blah most of you are coerced.”

Yes I am coerced by capitalism to sell my labor. No my job is not inherently more exploitative than other forms of labor, and I would know because I have had a LOT of shitty jobs.

It just sucks, y’all. It sucks to be continually thrown under the bus by other “leftists” who apparently only support workers whose jobs they don’t find icky.

They will really hit us with some “Hate the sin, love the sinner” bullshit like fundies did to queer people in the 90s and 00s. That’s not a thing, you can’t claim to support us while you don’t listen to us, talk over us, and loudly proclaim that our livelihood shouldn’t exist.

(Please don’t tell me to get off Xitter, I’m there for work and there really is no good substitute.)

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 39 points 6 days ago

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Good post. Workers of the world unite means sex workers too.

[–] allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

This attitude towards sex work comes from a pretty odious place—this sort of weird paternalism/possessiveness. The same kind of thing that makes (mostly) dudes treatremoved like it’s worse than murder.

Power to the workers means sex workers too!! SWERFs can fuck right off!

[–] Scarry@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

Sex work exclusionary "leftists" simply aren't.

On a related note, SWERFs in my area have recently started co-opting leftist language to justify their bigotry. Maddening hearing SWERFs talk about capitalism coercion, systemic injustice, marginalization etc. but only in service of abusing sex workers agony