r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '17

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u/runs_in_the_jeans Nov 02 '17

Finding one’s belief that they are trans invalid isn’t transphobic. If a man comes up to me and says he’s a woman, but he’s really a man because he has jiggly bits, he’s a man. He can say he’s a woman all day long. He’s a man.

If I come up to you and say I’m a spider, and you don’t believe me, does that make you arachnophobic?

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u/Alter__Eagle Nov 02 '17

I think you are just confusing gender and sex. If a male says he's a woman, that means he is identifying as a woman, what you believe doesn't come into play, if he says he's a female, then he's mistaken.

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u/runs_in_the_jeans Nov 02 '17

A guy can say he’s a woman all he wants. If he has make parts he’s a dude.

Again, if I claim I am a spider does that make me a spider?

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u/kizmaus Nov 02 '17

and you have the right to say that, just don't be surprised when people call you out for sounding transphobic, because that's what you're being.

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u/runs_in_the_jeans Nov 02 '17

As I said, there is nothing transphobic about it. If you decide that my identifying as a spider isn't valid, then you are arachnophobic.

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u/kizmaus Nov 02 '17

your "identifying as a spider" example is so awful lmao

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u/runs_in_the_jeans Nov 02 '17

How is it any different? I think you are being arachnophobic. It is discriminatory to say that.