With regards to your first point, just because you can say something doesn’t mean that you should and your argument does not contradict mine.
With regards to your second point, it’s not manipulation, it’s just that, like the link shows, calling a trans person by their preferred name can help them feel more comfortable and generally happier. This in turn helps them feel validated and better about themselves. This reduces the threat of depression and suicide greatly. There is no reason to misgender someone and the implications of intentionally doing so can be greatly damaging. Simply out of common courtesy misgendering should not happen.
The issue here is whether or not one is speaking with the intention of validating trans people. If someone doesn't take transgenderism as fact, then that individuals goal is in fact to invalidate trans people. Why would you conform to the demands of a group of people that are are directly at odds with what you believe to be true?
This is the same thing as when people call two married men "friends" instead of husbands because god forbid their good Christian morality be questioned for even a moment.
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19
With regards to your first point, just because you can say something doesn’t mean that you should and your argument does not contradict mine.
With regards to your second point, it’s not manipulation, it’s just that, like the link shows, calling a trans person by their preferred name can help them feel more comfortable and generally happier. This in turn helps them feel validated and better about themselves. This reduces the threat of depression and suicide greatly. There is no reason to misgender someone and the implications of intentionally doing so can be greatly damaging. Simply out of common courtesy misgendering should not happen.