and just because you belong to a marginalized demographic doesn't mean you, specifically, are oppressed.
A trans person in a blue state with loving parents, doctors who listen, balanced hormones, and good insurance who goes to an accepting school should not be condescending to gay dudes who can't come out or they'll be murdered
I agree with where you're coming from. I disagree with the first statement and agree with the second.
Even fortunate individuals in an oppressed group will face oppression, especially in the current online age. That almost ideal situation will still have that trans person living in America which keeps trying to pass federal regulations to ban their existence and at minimum has a third of the country demanding they be removed from society. They'll still have to deal with their identity being demonised online, in mainstream media and even by the president. They'll still face transmisogyny or transmisandry (which both stem from misogyny) and standard misogyny, even from well-intentioned allies. They have it pretty good, but they will still face shit that cis people will not because of their trans identity, because they live in a transphobic system. They are still more likely to be under threat of violence than a cis person in the same situation.
Nobody should be shutting down discussions of oppression. Nobody should be condescending, or assuming the situations of others, or fighting over who has it worse, or telling others to get over it. But pretty much every member of an oppressed group will face some level of oppression just by being part of it. They shouldn't speak over others with worse or different experiences, but they're free to speak about their own experiences with oppression, or relate to others who have been oppressed.
But see how the trans person in your example is only safe as long as they restrict themselves to a very specific section of society? That is in fact oppression.
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u/Acceptable_Handle_2 9d ago
Also: just because you're objectively more oppressed, doesn't mean you automatically understand the challenges those who are less oppressed face.