• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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    17 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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      17 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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        17 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

            Do you ever watch the NBA and think to yourself, “WOW, being taller than 6’4 is exceptionally rare! The odds that they are all here playing basketball together is simply unbelievable”?

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              3 hours ago

              A terrible analogy. There’s nothing about using a particular Internet server that people are predisposed to having the ability to do.

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                  3 hours ago

                  First I’ve ever heard of that concerning hexbear but another great point. Literally everyone especially op knows that

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                    3 hours ago

                    “Most of us are trans”

                    “I don’t believe you”

                    “Here’s a demographic poll showing that we are indeed majority trans”

                    “That seems really unlikely, you must be lying or that poll must be wrong”

                    “Here’s a detailed history of our origin explaining exactly why it isn’t at all unlikely that we are who we say we are”

                    “Ah, forgive me for my error, I believe you now”

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      17 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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          17 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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              17 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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                17 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.

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                  8 hours ago

                  explicitly dismissing the minority status of a majority-trans community

                  That sentence doesn’t even make sense with or without the context of this conversation.

                  I have some really bad news for you.

                  It’s that you’re going to keep one-upping it, isn’t it?

                  Take the fucking L and stop reaching for shit. I haven’t yet seen you make any point that stands. All you’re doing is trying to make yourself feel better by saying other people are horrible with the implication you aren’t. Pitiful way to live

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                    3 hours ago

                    That sentence doesn’t even make sense with or without the context of this conversation.

                    Just because you don’t understand it? I’ll rephrase it: “explicitly dismissing the trans-status of a majority-trans community”. Better?

                    All you’re doing is trying to make yourself feel better by saying other people are horrible with the implication you aren’t

                    That’s exactly what this community is lol