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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

is conditional on us agreeing with you.

Not exactly. If anything it's conditional on you not selling your allies/kin down the river.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Except that by misgendering her you're causing harm to the trans community as a whole. We don't misgender cisgender people when they are bad people. Misgendering transgender people who do bad things only shows that respecting transgender identity is conditional and can be revoked by other people. It's not. It's who we are. Even if someone is a trash fire human being they still should be gendered correctly.

Transphobes will read comments misgendering or deadnaming Caitlyn and cheer along. There are far, far better ways to vocalize disapproval of her. Ways that don't hurt other trans people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'm not disagreeing on morality of misgendering. I'm disagreeing that the misgendering is conditional on agreement.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't want to sound mean with this I'm sure you mean the best but this isn't a debate

Deadnaming and/or misgendering someone purposefully is transphobia and doing it because they're a bad person is still transphobia

As a trans person I'm saying that if you are transphobic to someone even if they're bad is conditional acceptance whether you mean it that way or not

People were deadnaming her in the comments, that's transphobia not an opinion

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Deadnaming and/or misgendering someone purposefully is transphobia

This is not what I am disagreeing with you on. I am in full agreement here.

and doing it because they’re a bad person is still transphobia

Im disagreeing on this point. It isn't simply because they're a bad person.

People were deadnaming her in the comments, that’s transphobia not an opinion

Agreed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the difference between transphobia and bigotry?

I think you might mean bigotry, albeit a very specific kind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you might mean bigotry, albeit a very specific kind.

Yes, and that very specific kind of bigotry is called transphobia...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I thought the "phobia" part was relevant but in looking up definitions of transphobia and homophobia I see that, etymologically, the phobia part seems to be irrelevant. TIL!

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