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No, it's just that whenever they seem to be brought up in discussion aggressive "supporters" come out of the woodwork, over dramatically act like the world is e
by yesco 4y ago
No, it's just that whenever they seem to be brought up in discussion aggressive "supporters" come out of the woodwork, over dramatically act like the world is ending over the smallest things and misrepresent my arguments with the most bad faith interpretation on purpose. Like you are doing now.
It's hard for me to empathize with a group that increasingly looks less like a marginalized group, and more like some fanatical religion that somehow has gained an almost ridiculous amount of influence over every major institution and social media platform. And I say this as someone who was originally 100% on board.
A trans person could insult my identity, race and sexuality without any consequences whatsoever, but the reverse has the potential of permanently ending my social life and livelihood. Of course as the magnitude of this disparity keeps increasing, my empathy, and sympathy would decrease along with it.
If anything, I'm actually starting to become afraid of trans people, not because of their transition, but due to their incredible authority.
- rittle 4y ago[flagged]
- mynameisvlad 4y ago[flagged]
- yesco 4y agoYou can't refute anything I've said so you've pivoted to ad-hominems ;)
- mynameisvlad 4y agoI’m not bothering to because you made your stance more than clear enough. I’d be willing to engage with someone coming in with good intent but your instant downward spiral into right wing rhetoric makes it obvious you aren’t and won’t actually listen to anything that goes against the narrative. In short, I already know it’s not worth my time.
- arp242 4y agoTo provide some examples: Eddie Izard has been on mainstream on British TV for decades, often (though not always) presenting as a woman. The first British TV programme about transsexuals – as it was called back then – dates from 1979 (A Change of Sex) and was, as I understand it, received overwhelmingly positively. In 2001 Big Brother had a transsexual candidate in the Netherlands, etc. No doubt there is discrimination, and there was in the past as well, and I don't want to minimize this, but the idea that the general public (i.e. most people) fundamentally objects to the very idea of trans people existing (and wants to "genocide" them, as is sometimes also claimed) does not seem to bear out.