• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    Expecting you to treat people with basic respect is not policing your words. Do you go around calling black people the negroes? I hope not. Is it because you think that’s extremely disrespectful? I hope so.

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      6 months ago

      It doesn’t take much effort to spot black people. I know how to treat them with respect because that’s easy. Again, I’m just lazy a little spiteful. Sorry not sorry.

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        6 months ago

        It’s really not the big effort you seem to think it is. If someone looks like a man to you, you refer to them with masculine pronouns and if they correct you, you apologize and go with the pronouns they prefer.

        The point is that you don’t keep doing it when they tell you that you’re using the wrong pronouns.

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            6 months ago

            Why do you think people should only care about what you care about and not care about the things you don’t care about?

            You sound like you come from a position of privilege and have not been treated with the maliciousness and even violence trans people have to deal with on a daily basis.

            I suppose asking you to put yourself in their shoes would be too much?

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              6 months ago

              The system I am actually trying to dismantle is what is oppressing these people, not me. I have my sights set on the big targets and find the trans movement to be a divisive distraction. I have sympathy but it’s not really my battle. My battle is one that affects all of us, not just some of us.

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                6 months ago

                You are part of that system if you don’t give them the basic respect of self-identity they are due. If that is not part of your fight, you’re part of the problem.

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                    6 months ago

                    Would you fight against bigots calling black people the N-word or is that also not something you care about? Just wondering where the line is.