jessica by the bayDec 5, 2022
This feels like a good time for lots of non trans people to loudly state the truth that trans people are good and more out and visible trans people is good for society.
Show threadChloeDec 5, 2022

@rooster wouldn't it be nice if people cared about causes that don't only affect themselves?

I find that when I try to speak up for other communities I just get labeled a "woke liberal" or something. Bc apparently compassion is a bad thing?

Show threadIan M Hawkins (he/him)Dec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe @rooster
I take real pleasure in seeing trans characters in fiction living ordinary lives. I look forward to a time when trans people are regularly on screen as normal. I look forward even more to when that becomes nothing out of the ordinary.
Show threadHoward Chu @ Symas
@firdarrig @CordiallyChloe @rooster percentage-wise it's a fringe group and will always be out of the ordinary.
Dec 6, 2022 at 1:41pmWeb
Show threadChloeDec 6, 2022
@hyc @firdarrig @rooster Hey! There's actually more of us than Jewish people! So how about not using dehumanizing, degrading language and instead learn a bit of empathy for marginalized groups? Because this sort of rhetoric never leads to good things.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe what words did I use that were dehumanizing or degrading? Speaking as someone who grew up as the only Asian kid in all-white schools, I'm well acquainted with being marginalized. You're not ordinary, that's reality. Whether you consider that a positive or negative is up to you.
Show threadChloeDec 6, 2022

@hyc "fringe group" implies we're on the outskirts of society and shouldn't be bothered with. "out of the ordinary" implies our existence is not "normal."

Now that you've had your lesson on how to not say shitty things for the day, stop using your struggles as a reason to bring other people down and instead use them as a jumping point for how you could make the world a better place for people with similar experiences.

Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 6, 2022
@CordiallyChloe It's not about bringing people down. if you think being out of the ordinary is shitty, that's on you, not me. Lots of people spend their whole lives trying to find ways to stand out from the crowd. Saying you're out of the ordinary wasn't an insult or an attack.
Show threadIan M Hawkins (he/him)Dec 6, 2022

@hyc @CordiallyChloe
I'm guessing here, but I believe the word that she interpreted as shitty was "fringe". I suspect most people would take umbrage at that term. Asian Americans are a minority in my city, but we don't refer to them as fringe.

Just my guess, as I don't want to presume to speak for her.