Hm. Is this anything.

The first photo is from 1956. It shows a Black woman watching members of the Ku Klux Klan (a terrorist, racist, far-right organization focused on white supremacy) walking along a sidewalk in Montgomery, Alabama (USA). I couldn't find the photo's author, but most sources state that it was taken in 1956.

The second photo shows members of the Patriot Front group (a white supremacist and nationalist group, formed in 2017, that openly advocates what they call "American Fascism") traveling on the subway during the 250th anniversary of the U.S. independence in Washington D.C., while a Black woman watches them. The photo is by photographer Cheney Orr, taken on July 4, 2026, 70 years after the first photo.

me: lol we learned that in science class 20 years ago 🤣 prick

She admitted she hadn't actually looked up much queer film theory and thanked people for recommendations for books and videos educating her on the topic where the discussion HAS been happening.

Also, very, very strange of you OP to imply right wing culture has only been active for the past 10 years or so...

You've kind of fallen into the same thing she has: assuming your knowledge as just being a young trans person supersedes like... actual historical context because, uh, no, I promise you the culture war against trans people began before 2015

And perhaps that might even be WHY the man in a dress trope has had been discussed so much for the past *googles silence of the lambs release date* 35 years

If you actually look at the replies of her post, most of it is trans people relaying to her the decades and decades and decades long struggles they've had in having their conversations ignored and met with why haven't we spoken about it before when they have been screaming for almost 4 decades on the subject (likely longer, as the trope comes before even those two films)

Yes, treat her with kindness, but also... read the room a bit.

And also... OP of the original tweets literally liked and retweeted that response and agreed with it.

It's okay to acknowledge that sometimes young people think they are the zenith of an issue and need to be reminded that actually they aren't alone in this, this has been a long struggle and the discussion isn't just theirs to helm, they are in union with many, many previous voices

Liiiiike maybe this was okay and even cosigned