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Ummmm... Then don't get a facial tattoo? Yeesh. Sure, you have the right to do it, but it's silly to think it won't affect the way that people perceive you, fa
by EpicEng 13y ago
Ummmm... Then don't get a facial tattoo? Yeesh. Sure, you have the right to do it, but it's silly to think it won't affect the way that people perceive you, fair or not. I would hire you to wait tables either. You're going to freak some people out a bit and I'm in the business of making money by retaining customers.
- lkbm 13y agoYou're completely missing the point. Unless your position is that if people want a safe, decent job they shouldn't chose to be transexual. But if that's your position, I have a much bigger problem with that.
- EpicEng 13y agoWhat? Since when are face tattoos and being a transsexual the same thing? I was simply commenting I the face tattoo point. Face tattoos are a choice, I don't believe being a transsexual is. Perhaps I did miss the point due to the false analogy.
- matz1 13y agoThere are trans people (e.g. me) that consider transitioning is a choice. no more different than choosing toyoya vs Porsche
- EpicEng 13y agoOk fine, then you made a choice. If it's a choice then you have to be an adult and deal with the consequences.
- lkbm 13y agoThe point is not that face tattooed people shouldn't have a hard time getting a job. The point is that transsexual people have a /harder/ time, and that this is clear evidence that transsexuals can't just go and get a job as a waitress, shopping mall sweeper, store attendant, cashier, "you name it" as sergiotapia proposes.
- EpicEng 13y agoThen the point was made poorly. Again, I was responding to the bit about face tattoos.
- mistercow 13y agoIt's not a false analogy; you're just focusing on a difference which isn't relevant to the analogy. Yes, there is arguably a difference in how people should treat people with face tattoos, vs trans people. But the analogy isn't about how employers should act. It's about how they do act. The purpose of the face tattoo thought experiment is to help you understand what a trans person has to deal with in practice.