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[–]julesburm1891 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There are two types of respect—basic human decency and actual admiration for a person or a group of people. The former is a given—privacy, consent, politeness, and fair treatment of others. I don’t think there’s anyone here who doesn’t think trans people deserve that. The latter, however, is earned, not given. As far as I’m concerned, the trans community hasn’t done a blessed thing to deserve this second type of respect.

There is a problem though. The trans community has both neglected to afford the first type of respect to everyone else. Likewise, they have mistaken another phenomenon for respect. Forcing others to comply with your worldview out of fear is not respect, it’s bullying.