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> People are getting called out for denying the existence of people who aren't like them. I see this a lot and it makes no sense to me. What does it mean to de
by lowkey_ 4y ago
> People are getting called out for denying the existence of people who aren't like them.
I see this a lot and it makes no sense to me. What does it mean to deny the existence of someone? To pretend they do not exist?
People who make that comment usually seem to be falling into a trap of viewing a disagreement or difference in opinion as something much more extreme.
- malnourish 4y agoTake this statement: "all trans people are misgendering themselves and _should_ conform to the gender assigned to them based on the sexual organs they had at birth". This effectively denies the existence of people who believe or desire to be their non-assigned gender. The statement tells trans people that in the eyes of the speaker, their personal identity is a fabrication.
- trash99 4y ago
- daveoc64 4y agoI've read comments on articles about LGBT issues (often trans topics these days), and there are a lot of people that say things like "Being gay is a choice". If that's not denying the existence of a different kind of person to you, I don't know what is.