• Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    not everyone is able to follow the same news sources and some people who only get infomation on social media are subject to waves of propaganda news articles.

    I very much understand that. However, this conversation is a classic example of the fact that even being told those statistics and having the context made clear, doesn’t actually change anything.

    You may not have a desire to engage with those people and thats totally understandable, but there should be some people who are allies, who are able to engage in those types of conversations

    There are. Lots of them! It’s why I am defensive with you, because despite the existence of folk like that, you don’t see them, and instead categorise trans people as largely being “all or nothing”. You are part of the group you were just talking about. The group that isn’t exposed to the right content, and instead, only knows what they see in an actively transphobic media and social media environment.

    And as I said earlier, you won’t shift your opinion, you won’t ease off and stop fighting me, to become one of those people that helps trans folk. Instead, you’ll fight me, for daring to take issue with your framing of the situation, whilst blaming me for it at the same time.

    Right now we are literally having everyone’s rights rolled back because thats how fascists like Trump act when you stand up to them

    That’s our common ground right there. Yet instead of talking about that, you’re suggesting that actually, giving in and being ok with some of those rollbacks might be ok, as long as its trans people!

    If you want allyship against facism, focus on the facism, rather than demanding that your allies capitulate to it

    • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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      2 hours ago

      You keep putting words in my mouth, at what point did i suggest rolling back rights for anyone?

      It seems like you are just looking to be offended, good luck with that, ill leave you to your strawmen.

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        at what point did i suggest rolling back rights for anyone?

        When you said we should accept our removal from sports, and that we should be open to exclusion from the ability to use bathrooms in public.

        As I said though, this conversation is an example of why you don’t see the behaviour you’re asking for. It’s because the responses always look like yours.