• Banno
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    ↪Banno I was like... damn, I know over 100% of the trans population?DifferentiatingEgg

    Hey — good to hear we have so many mutual friends! :rofl:


    Edit: But there is a serious point here. If the folk here objecting to trans folk do not know any, then that explains why they are treating real humans in abstract terms.

    Perhaps nothing helped acceptance of the queer community as much as the "revelation" that gay, lesbian, and queer folk are all around you, and pretty much like you and I.
  • Alexander Hine
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    In discerning the question of are such, such and such. The hetero angle of "would I 'bang' it when drunk or not" is sufficient to determine the answer to the post.
  • Philosophim
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    Edit: But there is a serious point here. If the folk here objecting to trans folk do not know any, then that explains why they are treating real humans in abstract terms.Banno

    I think this thought process assumes a virtue that has not been earned. Personally knowing a person or group of people does not mean you have any more ore less virtue towards them. We talk about people in abstract terms all the time. Its a philosophy board. The implication that you personally knowing a trans person makes you more moral is as true as stating that the murderer of their own child killed that child out of love.

    This particular thread has stuck to language and definitions without unearned appeals to morality. It should stay that way.
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