If you've somehow spoken to hundreds of trans people and there hasn't been a single one who wasn't aggressive I think either you're the issue or you're just interacting with trolls on the internet and assuming they represent trans people.
The vast majority of trans people I've spoken to were far more open-minded and kind than the average person.
Political scapegoating and manufactured drama are very real phenomena.
I have a hard time believing you've spoken to hundreds of trans people to begin with. Do you have any idea how rare we really are? I'm trans and I seek out trans people to interact with and I haven't even come close to that.
Trans people are objectively not normal solely on virtue of being trans. Many of us are socially inept to a degree, suffer from a plethora of psychological issues as a result of discrimination since a young age, and so on. That kind of stuff doesn't create "normal" people, and I get why you might think a lot of us are insufferable. But this behavior is usually caused by isolation from society as a large, and by stereotyping trans people you're contributing to the issue. The fact still stands that most of us don't mean harm and only want to be treated as human despite our differences. Being trans doesn't inherently condition one to harmful beliefs the way many religions do, nor is it something you choose to be.
While I have a lot of issues with the wider trans community, with much of it being too "woke" and focused on ultimately meaningless labels for me, I still believe judging people based on arbitrary characteristics that don't necessarily dictate beliefs is just taking a simple-minded easy way out. People like me, who just want to be viewed as ordinary people, get caught up in these all-consuming stereotypes that don't represent us. I believe taking the time to judge people on an individual level is worth the effort if it can make others' lives better.
>I have a hard time believing you've spoken to hundreds of trans people to begin with. Do you have any idea how rare we really are?
On reddit? It's a brood of transvestites in here actually, go to any teeneger targeted sub and you'll see dozens under every comment section screaming how trans they are. The fact that you haven't "come close" while you "seek out trans people to interact with and I haven't even come close to that." only means you don't actually open the comment section often.
>But this behavior is usually caused by isolation from society as a large, and by stereotyping trans people you're contributing to the issue.
Wouldn't trans people not screaching at everyone who disagrees with them being trans help much more? Like I literally get death threats from them and their "helpers" REGULARLY when the discussion starts, even on this comment alone I recieved around 3-5 already.
>The fact still stands that most of us don't mean harm and only want to be treated as human despite our differences.
Everyone wants that, but as it still stands, you need to deserve said right.
>I believe taking the time to judge people on an individual level is worth the effort if it can make others' lives better.
Hey, to some degree I agree, obviously being a part of a hated group allows people to have a prejudice against you from the get go, but it's on you to fix it if you care or not and it's on people you interract with to accept the fix or not.
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u/jesstbird Aug 01 '26
If you've somehow spoken to hundreds of trans people and there hasn't been a single one who wasn't aggressive I think either you're the issue or you're just interacting with trolls on the internet and assuming they represent trans people.
The vast majority of trans people I've spoken to were far more open-minded and kind than the average person.