I will. But for the record, as I’m not sure what’s happening in this conversation, trans rights are human rights and trans women are women.
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I understand why you think that, but a belief that denies the full humanity of a group of people, especially a group already subject to ongoing violence and prejudice, is inherently disrespectful, no matter how politely you phrase your arguments.
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The statement you’ve just made is literally a type of violent prejudice, though. Saying you support trans rights but not trans women is like someone saying they support women’s rights but not lesbians. The two are mutually exclusive.
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Speech can be violence, just as ideas can convey a violent ideology, and I defy you to find an actual trans woman who’d interpret “I support trans women but don’t think they’re female” as anything other than an offensive contradiction in terms.
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Also, trans women *do* suffer violence as a direct result of people acting on the type of arguments you’re making. Like the trans teen girl violently assaulted in her locker room this week at school, for instance. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/04/06/community-fundraiser-trans-assault/ …
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When Trump calls asylum seekers 'animals,' 'rapists' and 'bad hombres' while the Charlottesville folks were 'very fine people', for instance, experienced political analysts, among others, recognise this as advocating violence against those groups. The same logic applies here.
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Similarly, when we talk about the relationship between misogynist language/beliefs and physical violence against women, we're right to see a link. When we talk about slurs against the LGBTQ community and how homophobic ideology is linked to hate crimes, we're right to see a link.
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