Oppression olympics never gets anyone anywhere. The people who were bullying and persecuting gay men 20-30 years ago are often literally the same ones who are bullying and persecuting trans people right now.
It’s not “oppression Olympics” to point out that it’s insulting to equate a minor dick move towards straight people with the ongoing systemic persecution of trans people.
Most notably and importantly because straight people AREN’T oppressed. There is no large scale legal systemic discrimination or oppression of straight people, anywhere on earth. Individual dick heads being asses is not the same as large scale, systemic and legal persecution.
Here’s a question for you: Rape “jokes” are never acceptable. But, would you consider making rape “jokes” towards a woman who was never victimised the same level of shitty behaviour as making a rape “joke” towards a woman who you know is a rape survivor. And how would you react if someone was arguing that those two situations are totally comparable and equally bad.
If your answers to those questions are “of course not” and “outraged”, congratulations, you agree with my point.
Oppression olympics never gets anyone anywhere. The people who were bullying and persecuting gay men 20-30 years ago are often literally the same ones who are bullying and persecuting trans people right now.
It’s not “oppression Olympics” to point out that it’s insulting to equate a minor dick move towards straight people with the ongoing systemic persecution of trans people.
Most notably and importantly because straight people AREN’T oppressed. There is no large scale legal systemic discrimination or oppression of straight people, anywhere on earth. Individual dick heads being asses is not the same as large scale, systemic and legal persecution.
Here’s a question for you: Rape “jokes” are never acceptable. But, would you consider making rape “jokes” towards a woman who was never victimised the same level of shitty behaviour as making a rape “joke” towards a woman who you know is a rape survivor. And how would you react if someone was arguing that those two situations are totally comparable and equally bad.
If your answers to those questions are “of course not” and “outraged”, congratulations, you agree with my point.