I'm pretty convinced that the only people that care that a person is trans has issues with themselves and are projecting. I'm a cis normie and I never, ever think about my gender. It just is and I find these haters incredibly weird. I really feel for the people who do as that must be an incredibly difficult thing to work through, so why make it harder for them. Plus, seeing loved ones bloom after transitioning is all the proof I need. Hate takes effort.

[–] Bojimbo@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think youre right for a lot of people, but conservative values require an out group. If it's not immigrants and transfolk, it's gonna be whomever else they can get people frothing at mouth over. Homeless people, mentally ill, it could be fucking left-handed folk. It's only the othering that matters.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

Right-wingers are the kings of "NO U." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary

[–] shani66@ani.social 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not every conservative that says you can choose your sexual orientation is gay, but that argument was started by a closeted gay conservative and was popularized by closeted gay conservatives. And that's the exact same story for most conservative bullshit. They all think they are the Standard Human™ and they feel some shame about part of themselves (because they aren't the Standard Human™) so they force that insecurity on everyone else. The rest of them follow suit as long as a line is already popular enough.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Just ask if they wake up and choose to be straight every morning. If they say yes, then you understand them. If they say no, then tell them they understand how gay people feel.

The cognitive dissonance will kick in at this point, but maybe they'll understand. Maybe...

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Same logic.