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[–]ThiccDropkickGay[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Trans is a frightening ideology that causes real harm to people

What do you mean by this?

[–]joogabahGay shows the way 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It advocates for hormones and genital surgeries, that sterilize and mutilate, without changing one's sex at all. It erases women and homosexuality by redefining basic words. It pollutes political discourse by attempting to shut down any disagreement. It goes after people's careers when they disagree. It actively seeks to ban forums created to discuss the implications of its ideas. It frames heresy against its ideology as "hate". It reifies sex role stereotypes. It pushes these ideas on children. It hates actual people and labels them TERFs, and encourages targeting them for harassment. It is antithetical to women's and gay liberation, and rolls back progress made towards equality and freedom from sexual stereotypes. It takes over organizations, and spaces set up for women and gay people. It is illiberal, unfriendly, narcissistic, aggressive, and cult-like in its zealotry.

[–]ThiccDropkickGay[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Looking at your other comments I think we have different ideas on what transphobia is. In my post I meant that we shouldn't stoop to personal attacks in discussions here. I see transphobia as a dislike of trans people, regardless of whether they believe in areas of the trans ideology we disagree with. So when you said:

I don't understand what is so bad about transphobia

I took that to mean you don't have a problem with hating the actual people as opposed to the views. But I see what you mean. We shouldn't be prevented from raising objections to the ideology itself.

[–]joogabahGay shows the way 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think incivility should be tolerated toward anyone. That includes but is not specific to trans people. Everyone is a unique individual and deserves respect. This should go without saying and doesn't need a special term.

Transphobia is a slur against people who are opposed to trans ideology, but that ideology has many things about it to fear (look at how grotesquely it presents in Iran).