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Dude the online trans crowd is the most uncharitable, cruel group I've ever encountered. Had to block a hundred people calling me a piece of shit this morning.

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What are some theories about why trans discourse in particular seems so uncompromising and all-or-nothing? I have 2, but not super confident in either.

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Because they get murdered regularly for existing. Hope this helps

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statistically, trans people are at a lower risk of homicide than cis people are.

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The interesting this is that assuming this one, narrow study is accurate, my claim wasn't "they're killed more often" it's that they're regularly killed for just existing.