Taylan (Male Feminist Arc) on Nostr: nprofile1q…gk60d You're being extremely unreasonable. Calling my posts bullying or ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqknkyxglwcnhcn3a47tahtc0zfnpuz43tcj58hqtz4gc0saxqqrhqpgk60d (nprofile…k60d) You're being extremely unreasonable. Calling my posts bullying or transphobic is absurd.
How is any of what I said a "transphobic narrative" for example?
It's a straightforward scientific fact that human beings cannot change their sex with any current technology that exists and is likely to exist in the foreseeable future. All we can do is modify our bodies to attain some superficial similarity to the other sex, and the success of this varies wildly based on genetics, economic situation, and so on, making it near-impossible for some to ever come close to "passing" or reaching whatever other milestone they desire.
Pointing this out would be transphobic *if* it was coupled together with the idea that trans people not being the sex they wish they were (or not passing, or not reaching some other arbitrary milestone) justified some sort of discrimination. I've not made any such implication.
As an analogy, take crime and ethnicity statistics in the US. It's a widespread meme among white racists in the US to say that Black Americans have a disproportionate rate of criminality. The way they say this is racist not because they dared to point out a statistical fact, which, as far as I know, is partly true although it depends on the type of crime and there's confounding variables and so on. The way they say it is racist because there is an underlying implication that Black Americans should bu subjected to some kind of group-level punishment, such as higher scrutiny by law enforcement, or an implication that they're naturally predisposed to crime, or some other such thing. (I'm not very familiar with the beliefs of American racists, but I'm guessing it's something along those lines.)
And as I've already pointed out, *if* my hypothesis is true, then denying it causes real harm to trans people. Is it transphobic to speak about uncomfortable facts, or is it transphobic to cause actual harm? It could be argued that encouraging SRS is transphobia, although I don't care to play such word games. (I really just can't respect the term "transphobia" anymore. It can apparently mean anything, so I simply don't care about such accusations on an emotional level.)
I reserve the right to mock people who are being unreasonable and rude. (You weren't rude, which is why I didn't include you in my subpost with those screenshots.)
How is any of what I said a "transphobic narrative" for example?
It's a straightforward scientific fact that human beings cannot change their sex with any current technology that exists and is likely to exist in the foreseeable future. All we can do is modify our bodies to attain some superficial similarity to the other sex, and the success of this varies wildly based on genetics, economic situation, and so on, making it near-impossible for some to ever come close to "passing" or reaching whatever other milestone they desire.
Pointing this out would be transphobic *if* it was coupled together with the idea that trans people not being the sex they wish they were (or not passing, or not reaching some other arbitrary milestone) justified some sort of discrimination. I've not made any such implication.
As an analogy, take crime and ethnicity statistics in the US. It's a widespread meme among white racists in the US to say that Black Americans have a disproportionate rate of criminality. The way they say this is racist not because they dared to point out a statistical fact, which, as far as I know, is partly true although it depends on the type of crime and there's confounding variables and so on. The way they say it is racist because there is an underlying implication that Black Americans should bu subjected to some kind of group-level punishment, such as higher scrutiny by law enforcement, or an implication that they're naturally predisposed to crime, or some other such thing. (I'm not very familiar with the beliefs of American racists, but I'm guessing it's something along those lines.)
And as I've already pointed out, *if* my hypothesis is true, then denying it causes real harm to trans people. Is it transphobic to speak about uncomfortable facts, or is it transphobic to cause actual harm? It could be argued that encouraging SRS is transphobia, although I don't care to play such word games. (I really just can't respect the term "transphobia" anymore. It can apparently mean anything, so I simply don't care about such accusations on an emotional level.)
I reserve the right to mock people who are being unreasonable and rude. (You weren't rude, which is why I didn't include you in my subpost with those screenshots.)