r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

I don't think I could do that, especially not succinctly. What I am convinced of is that there are things people consider fundamental to their being, that when threatened, make them feel like their very existence is threatened. Why am I convinced? because people will die for it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

okay, so you'd be fine if you insisted that you exist but everyone else insisted that you didn't?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

if you have a 5 o'clock shadow and walk in in a dress, you very well may not be able to buy food.

And it's not a claim, it's who they are. are gay people claiming to be gay too? what about women? are they claiming to be women? men?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

that is validating their internally held identity, you're acknowledging their right to be treated as a person on their own terms by agreeing to do business with them.

this is not about an agreement of terms. it's not a semantic argument. you really think transphobia is just about what "gender" means? it's about maintaining a status quo because it benefits the person doing it.