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The first books the Nazis burned were scientific research notes about trans people.
Impressive that it is actually true, I thought it is an exaggeration. From Wikipedia:
src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_Nazi_Germany
Yeah, when they teach about book burnings they never mention that fact. It also serves as a reminder that trans people are not just a modern phenomenon. The Nazis' reasons for targeting trans people then are the same as right-wingers today, they look for a small, marginalized group and seize on existing prejudice to sow division and divide and conquer. The Nazis claimed trans people were a Jewish plot to weaken and destroy the Ayran race, and you can still see echos of that in some right-wing rhetoric today.
They then executed everyone with a brain. Drs, teachers, engineers, scientists, researchers, etc
Why the fuck trans consider themselves as the fucking center of the universe... You are just a person.
Hey there. Just letting you know that in general trans people and their allies absolutely do not want to be the center of public attention like this. They didn't ask for it.
You're right, there's no good reason everyone should be so completely focused on them as a group. But that wasn't their choice. That was the choice Nazis made when the first books they burned were about gender and sexuality.
That was the choice Nazis made when they spent the last decade and the foreseeable future demonizing and discriminating against transgender people.
Not because they asked for it. Not because they deserve it. But because they are the easiest target. Small in numbers. Complex by nature. Difficult to understand for the uninformed and the disinformed. "Different."
They don't consider themselves the center of the universe. Bigots do. Bigots have decided that transgender issues should be the thing everyone cares about right now. If you want to blame anyone, blame them.
Well stated
You came into a discussion about trans topics being censored and are angry that trans people are being discusses? Do you think this thread is the "fucking center of the universe"?
Oh shit we just found the dumbest fuck on Lemmy lol
How dare I inform people about objective historical facts that relate to modern day news stories 🙄
A take so dumb, wrong and out of context that I don't know how to respond to it. Wow
It's objectively true that the German nazi party first went after gender studies they didn't like. It wasn't called transgender at the time, but that's what we call it today.
I'm a straight white dude and it takes very little thinking to see that trans people are being targeted as "the other" again. So, not kindly, go fuck yourself.
There's this thing called empathy. Maybe you should look into it.