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[–]IamWomanHearMeRoar 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The ones that I have met in real life have never pushed the “if you don’t have sex with me, you’re transphobic.” Yet the ones online have. This is from my personal experience. I’m not speaking for everyone, again I’m just relaying my experience, and those that I’ve talked to

[–]Irascible-harpy[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You aren't just relaying your experience though. You're making a statement. You said "I honestly don't believe that these people are trans people".

[–]IamWomanHearMeRoar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Those beliefs come from experience

[–]Irascible-harpy[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Anecdotal evidence. It's the same as saying, "I don't believe men are raping women because all the men I've met are super nice and would never do that." There are people who identify as trans who are caught and arrested for male pattern violence. It's illogical and arrogant for you to determine whether some is or isn't trans based on your feelings from the few interactions you've had with some trans people.

[–]IamWomanHearMeRoar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anecdotal evidence. It's the same as saying, "I don't believe men are raping women because all the men I've met are super nice and would never do that."

My intention was not to defend anyone based on certain characteristics. Regardless of what positive characteristics a man has, if he rapes someone, then it is rape. Same goes for others.

My point was not to defend a person’s identification, it was to show that you never know who a person says they are because of the anonymous nature of the internet.

There are people who identify as trans who are caught and arrested for male pattern violence.

I’ll need to look more into male pattern violence, but I added a quote from myself:

...anyone can be good or bad, trans women included.

So I agree that a person’s identity should not give them immunity to anything.

It's illogical and arrogant for you to determine whether some is or isn't trans based on your feelings from the few interactions you've had with some trans people.

That’s not the point I was making. I was saying that because of the anonymous nature of the internet, you never know who someone is. I could say I’m a potato that’s been genetically modified to grow limbs which gives me the ability to respond to people.