> Anime profile pictures are usualy a redflag. These kind of people should only be ignored since they never want to cooperate.
A lot of them are simply trans and tired of dealing with constant harassment campaigns directed towards their gender identity. Of course they're wary about cooperations with people they don't intimately trust.
“Some people are rude to me for reasons entirely unrelated to the issue at hand” isn’t a valid reason to lack any level of humility, or to withhold evidence of your extraordinary claims.
USSR means something different to Russians than it does to Americans. To Americans it was the Enemy. To Russians it was the last time that Russia was truly important on the world stage and had some degree of prosperity.
You’re making quite a leap here assuming they’re trans, but it’s an inarguable stance to take anyway. If I say “they should reveal to increase the profile of trans folks everywhere”, you’ll say “why is it incumbent upon them to prove their value?” If I say “they should reveal to shut down harassers,” you’ll say that I must be a transphobe.
Sexual politics is tiring and pointless, honestly. With all the ad hominem bullshit and disingenuous positioning, no one is even trying to resolve it.
The culture around anime profile pictures is that you pick a character that you at least somewhat relate to - or used to in the past and embraced that.
For trans people that's usually a character that is at least in some way gender-bending - like being mistaken for the other sex by other characters or people unfamiliar with the franchise.
A lot of them are simply trans and tired of dealing with constant harassment campaigns directed towards their gender identity. Of course they're wary about cooperations with people they don't intimately trust.