this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
599 points (99.8% liked)
196
16215 readers
2265 users here now
Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.
Rule: You must post before you leave.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Actually this might be worth my time after all... I'm bored. So do tell me, why is it "haughty," "arrogant," etc. to exist as a nonbinary person...? Do you actually believe you have the right to ask me what genitalia I was born with and judge me accordingly?
Do you believe the person in the comic is justified in asking about the other individual's genitalia? The comic is aimed at such people. If you think that's weird and wrong, you're not the target of this comic. But I don't think it's arrogant at all to be mean to such people who think we should be discriminated against based on our genitalia.
Are you saying nobody actually does such things to us? It's all a strawman, nobody actually asks what's "in our pants"? Because I have most certainly encountered such people personally, and many of my friends have been harassed by them.
Of course I don't think it was written by an actual terf. But very similar things are often said by them, and I think there is a place for using satire like this. Satirical comics have been used in countless other political issues for hundreds of years (just look at the comics similar to this against King George). Why is it any different or any more "arrogant" in our case?
You seem to have completeley missed the fact that there are real life people who are against trans people, you seem to be one of them which kind of makes me wonder how you missed this fact
My type? I am a cis man
The issue in the comic is this: a nonbinary person exists. Random bystander: "are you a man or woman?" NB: I'm neither. Bystander then proceeds to ask what genitalia they have, not taking "nonbinary" as a valid answer. Yes the enby in the comic was snarky about it. I wouldn't do that if someone was genuinely asking, but the comic suggests the bystander was being judgemental or otherwise a jerk about it. In which case yeah, I'm gonna be mean right back.
These people exist. I've met them, my friends have met them, and I personally have been abused by them. This is not a strawman argument, it's a snarky comic aimed at real people who have hurt people like me. I don't see why attacking those people is "arrogant and attention seeking." Were not pretending to be victims, we're attacking people who have hurt us through humor and snarky remarks... a perfectly reasonable response I'd say. I also apologize for assuming you're one of those people, I was quick to jump to that conclusion when it looked like you were defending such actions...