Animemes Crisis of 2020

The Animemes Crisis of 2020 was an internet conflict within the subreddit r/animemes during August 2020 after moderators edited anti-transphobic rules to include a ban on the word "trap"

The Slur
Transphobia has long been a persistant problem within anime communities. The word "trap' plays a role in particular as it has been used to denegrate the validity of trans people, often as an slur against them, such in the case of Zombieland Saga's Lily Hoshikawa.

The hypersexualization, commodification, and imperialist influence of anime as a post-modern media attributes to this gross fascistic reaction towards trans people along with women and national minorities.

The Ban
On August 4, 2020, subreddit mods announced that the existing rules penalizing transphobia would be expanded to include a ban on the word "trap". This decision was met with fury throughout the subreddit, mostly from reactionaries weebs, who called for a war against the mods.

Initial Stages
After the August 4th announcement, there was an outcry from weebs about the restriction of speech by the administration. This outcry did not come without ridicule. Nonetheless, the reaction did not subside. Redditors began to bombard the threads with memes attacking the mods. Such attacks called for a "revolution" to save the subreddit, using wartime propaganda aesthetics.