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On any of the donation threads where it came up and he replied to it, the most he ever did was some half hearted corporate PR "apology" (ironic)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (9 children)

bad comparison

Trans aren't oppressed like black people were

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Can't use public bathroom for their gender even if they look like any other member of their gender.

Can't use public bathroom for their assigned-at-birth gender because they don't look like that gender anymore and it will feel - and be - unsafe.

Can't enter their country of origin because their passport does not match their gender

Frequently harassed and ostracized, increasingly likely they will be denied healthcare that helps keep them alive

We're not playing the "who had it worse" game because everyone loses.

But they are absolutely fucking oppressed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Where do you base this on?

also i'm not sure if slavery and lynching are the same as being denied a bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Base what on? The countless stories of transgender (and cis misgendered) people being harassed in and around bathrooms?

The understanding based on real world experience that many transgender people pass as their gender, and therefore are clearly out of place in bathrooms meant for the gender that was assigned to them at birth?

The executive orders attempting to erase the recognition of transgender people entirely and require them to have the same gender listed on their passport as they did on their birth certificate? The State Department not returning or renewing passports for transgender people?

also i’m not sure if slavery and lynching are the same as being denied a bathroom.

How many times does this need to be said? How many times do majorities need to fucking hear this about minorities?

We’re not playing the “who has it worse” game because everyone loses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I mean you're kinda making a blanket statement, I can't really work with 'countless stories' -- Can ya specify?

And please, don't hold me accountable for making the comparison. I never made the comparison, perhaps you should tell the above user

We’re not playing the “who has it worse” game because everyone loses.

And also, I'm not a majority. I'm a minority as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean you’re kinda making a blanket statement, I can’t really work with ‘countless stories’ – can ya specify?

Here you go. Please see... oh, pretty much any result. Throw a dart if you like. I don't need to specify, because frankly if you somehow missed every last news story, social media post, or just the constantly escalating hateful rhetoric against them, then you absolutely shouldn't be fucking talking about it.

I never made the comparison, perhaps you should tell the above user

No, you made the contrast. You were the one that suggested that one situation is oppression and the other is not.

And also, I’m not a majority. I’m a minority as well.

If you're cisgender, you're the majority to their minority. You are a majority to them, playing the "who has it worse" game, where again, everyone loses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Here you go. Please see… oh, pretty much any result. Throw a dart if you like. I don’t need to specify, because frankly if you somehow missed every last news story, social media post, or just the constantly escalating hateful rhetoric against them, then you absolutely shouldn’t be fucking talking about it.

Seems to be only in the US and biased articles. I can't anything about other countries.

If you’re cisgender, you’re the majority to their minority. You are a majority to them, playing the “who has it worse” game, where again, everyone loses.

I hope you see the irony in this lol

tho, I am curious, why not just use unisex bathrooms? Wouldn't that be a solution everyone can get behind?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

A lot of people didn’t see a problem with segregating water fountains by race, either.

also i’m not sure if slavery and lynching are the same as being denied a bathroom.

Seems to be only in the US and biased articles. I can’t anything about other countries.

Where exactly did you think we were talking about? What kind of bad faith shit is this?

And biased articles? My god. Biased against what? Transphobia? What about the edu articles? The research papers? Do you need assistance operating the search engine?

I'm sorry, could you explain the irony? Do you think oppressed minorities can't also be oppressors? That they can't be misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, or just good-old-fashioned racists themselves?

tho, I am curious, why not just use unisex bathrooms? Wouldn’t that be a solution everyone can get behind

Unisex bathrooms are a solution that almost everyone transgender or ally gets behind. But they don't currently exist in most places that need more than two toilets in the building. I should clarify, because apparently I need to - we're talking about the United States.

And, by the way, "maybe they should just have a separate place to go to the bathroom"?

Sound familiar? Does it sound like segregation? Because it is. They should be able to use the bathroom for their gender without being fucking harassed, or worrying about being harassed. End of story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not going to talk about the US. It's a clown country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Comes into a thread about the oppression of transgender people

Claims that transgender people aren't oppressed

Not going to talk about the US

You know exactly what you're doing. I can't believe you're a mod, you fucking clown.

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