The woman is horrible and I mostly just want her to stop hurting people, but I do think that replies like this do more harm than good for trans people. Transphobes want to depict us as extremely violent and unsympathetic, and this image sure doesn’t come off sympathetically unless you have all the context and already think that she’s a horrible person. It gives her rhetorical ammo to further fight our acceptance in society.
Every day, Bob claims Percy punched him in the face. Many people support Bob because they hate Percy. Many others support Percy, because Bob deserves to be punched in the face.
Now, one day, Percy punches Bob in the face. Bob can only make the same claim he always does, to the same reception he always gets. The only difference is Percy having given Bob the face punch he deserves. And Percy is happy.
I call this story “The TERF who cried Trans Violence”
She’s had ample opportunity to educate herself and come around. She’s refused to do so and has continued to double down on her bigotry. Fuck that bitch. Anyone that would be sympathetic to her should dome themselves too.
The woman is horrible and I mostly just want her to stop hurting people, but I do think that replies like this do more harm than good for trans people. Transphobes want to depict us as extremely violent and unsympathetic, and this image sure doesn’t come off sympathetically unless you have all the context and already think that she’s a horrible person. It gives her rhetorical ammo to further fight our acceptance in society.
You can’t simply “comply” your way into being accepted by bigots, nothing you do will ever be good enough for them.
Every day, Bob claims Percy punched him in the face. Many people support Bob because they hate Percy. Many others support Percy, because Bob deserves to be punched in the face.
Now, one day, Percy punches Bob in the face. Bob can only make the same claim he always does, to the same reception he always gets. The only difference is Percy having given Bob the face punch he deserves. And Percy is happy.
I call this story “The TERF who cried Trans Violence”
Counterpoint: the venn diagram of transphobes and fascists is a circle, and the only language fascists understand is violence.
She’s had ample opportunity to educate herself and come around. She’s refused to do so and has continued to double down on her bigotry. Fuck that bitch. Anyone that would be sympathetic to her should dome themselves too.