• archomrade [he/him]
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    4 hours ago

    Except there’s no factual reason to doubt that demographic except for whatever prejudices you have against them

    Their existence really has nothing to do with your opinions about them, and thinking otherwise is what makes it transphobic.

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      3 hours ago

      Except there’s no factual reason to doubt that demographic except for whatever prejudices you have against them

      Unless you count the fact that trans people make up an incredibly small percentage of the population overall. I’m sure OP wasn’t thinking of that when he… Checks notes mentioned it explicitly.

      Their existence really has nothing to do with your opinions

      Awesome. So next time I or no one else expresses literally any opinion whatsoever on how others live, we’ll all be sure to… Continue not doing that.

      Thanks again for your helpful feedback

      Edit: op didn’t mention the stat about trans people generally, that was from a comment im falsely remembering as op. But that doesn’t change the point I’m making at all

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        3 hours ago

        Unless you count the fact that trans people make up an incredibly small percentage of the population overall.

        Underrepresented minorities disproportionately join minority-centric social groups, that isn’t surprising.

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      4 hours ago

      I know I believe everything I read online. Because if I didn’t, that would make me a bigot. Good and reasonable, totally non moronic talk. Thanks!

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        4 hours ago

        But you must have some way of discerning truth on the internet one way or the other, otherwise nothing could ever be true

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          3 hours ago

          Some dude saying it doesn’t make it true or anyone a transphobe. Absolutely no leg to stand on here.

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            3 hours ago

            Nor does saying ‘i don’t believe it’ make that doubt any more legitimate and any less motivated by transphobic prejudice.

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              3 hours ago

              You’re in earnest arguing that something is transphobic by default since it can’t be proven otherwise. Lol, possibly dumbest thing I’ve ever read online

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                3 hours ago

                Not by default, by explicitly dismissing the minority status of a majority-trans community simply because they don’t fit their expectation of a trans person.

                If that’s the dumbest thing you’ve read online I have some really bad news for you.