Collection of melodramatic phrases you've heard/read repeated incessantly by TRAs

submitted by SnowAssMan from self.GenderCriticalGuys

I keep seeing these outrageous statements being repeated everywhere. I thought maybe we could collect them all in one place. Here are the ones I've seen multiple times, plus the responses I usually give:

• "trans-women's existence isn't up for debate" – quit debating the existence & significance of the differences between the sexes first.

• "denying trans-women's basic human rights" – said the advocate for compromising the basic human rights of the female sex.

• "misgendering is violence" – "TERF" is a slur, "he" isn't.

Bonus one:

• "TERF isn't a slur it's an accurate description" – "misgendering" i.e. calling a member of the male sex 'he' is also an accurate description & not a slur. According to TRA rules you can't make accurate descriptions about people unless they identify with those descriptions

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[–]MezozoicGay 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

According to TRA rules you can't make accurate descriptions about people unless they identify with those descriptions

You can't call yourself "he" or "she", you only can yourself "I" and "me".

[–]anonymale 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"Trans people need trans political representation!" - If TIMs are women, then women already represent them. Similarly, men already represent TIFs.

[–]MezozoicGay 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It is always - "Why TiM can represent women, but woman can't represent TiMs if they all women?". They never can answer on this, or starting racist comparements about women of color.