The word "mutilate" is not a word in common parlance. Not one used regularly. So when it is used against trans women, its origin is clear.
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It's so common, and so maximized for hate. It's not a phrase you would come upon with casual criticism of body autonomy.
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Bigotry truly is unoriginal. It's a marketing scheme. It's the optimized endcap at a supermarket.
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"black on black crime" "mutilate your body" "tribal warfare" Phrases that bigots uncritically parrot.
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It is not worth engaging in dialog when people bring up these "arguments." They didn't come upon them with rational thought.
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Thus they cannot be discharged with reasoned discourse.
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The tragic thing is, often these channels are literal TV channels.
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but also, why do they care what we do to ourselves?
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