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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Step 1: someone says trans people are bad and wrong (subtext: and therefore we should do something about it)

"Oh, but I'm just expressing my opinion. What's wrong with that? Am I not allowed to have opinions anymore? Surely you are the actually intolerant one, because I only implied that I don't think trans people should exist by saying they are bad and wrong"

It's frustrating because subtext does exist and matter. They only acknowledge the subtext in their bigoted assertions when it's convenient for them.

Edit: accidentally a word