Thotsky on Nostr: Seeing some transphobia on the TL which while unsurprising is still upsetting so I'd ...
Seeing some transphobia on the TL which while unsurprising is still upsetting so I'd just like to throw this out there:
Trans and third gendered people have existed for 10s of thousands of years, long before the modern concept of gender was even invented, it's a completely normal and valid mode of existence.
Trans folks lack the political power to even defend their ability to exist, especially in the States, the idea that they're coming for your rights is beyond absurd. This is your favorite political sports team weaponizing marginalized people to get you to vote for them. Classic political theater and scapegoatism that many transphobes claim to be privy to yet always fall for.
You can't make appeals to authority citing "basic biology" and "mental illness" then throw a fit when its pointed out that the biology books and the DSM actually acknowledge the validity of the trans experience. Nor can you make appeals to freedom with one hand and try and squash people who think differently from you out of existence with the other. I mean you can, but you'll look like an idiot and an asshole.
I get its's a tall order to ask everyone to be down with every way of life but it's certainly not too much to ask that you respect another person's right to define their own identity. That's such a basic fucking freedom and some of you refuse to respect it. And yet you have the balls to start whinging about your freedom. Marginalized people are NOT the enemy come on now wake tf up and grow tf up
Trans and third gendered people have existed for 10s of thousands of years, long before the modern concept of gender was even invented, it's a completely normal and valid mode of existence.
Trans folks lack the political power to even defend their ability to exist, especially in the States, the idea that they're coming for your rights is beyond absurd. This is your favorite political sports team weaponizing marginalized people to get you to vote for them. Classic political theater and scapegoatism that many transphobes claim to be privy to yet always fall for.
You can't make appeals to authority citing "basic biology" and "mental illness" then throw a fit when its pointed out that the biology books and the DSM actually acknowledge the validity of the trans experience. Nor can you make appeals to freedom with one hand and try and squash people who think differently from you out of existence with the other. I mean you can, but you'll look like an idiot and an asshole.
I get its's a tall order to ask everyone to be down with every way of life but it's certainly not too much to ask that you respect another person's right to define their own identity. That's such a basic fucking freedom and some of you refuse to respect it. And yet you have the balls to start whinging about your freedom. Marginalized people are NOT the enemy come on now wake tf up and grow tf up