Aral BalkanIf youβre against trans rights, youβre against human rights. Because trans people are human beings and trans rights are human rights. You donβt get to pick and choose who qualifies as human.
πππππ@aral Do we need two terms for the same thing?
@smokku As long as there are those who will deny people their rights if you use one of those terms, then yes, we do. So do we need the term trans rights? Yes, as long as people deny trans people their human rights, we do. Dropping the term β not speaking of them β plays straight into the hands of those who would have them forgotten as a prelude to erasing them from existence altogether.
@aral This allows the adversary to dictate framing of the discussion. Propping its divisive nature.
When people hear A and B in the discussion, they assume B differs somehow from A - otherwise just one term would be enough.
@smokku I do see your point and it is a valid concern. However, I feel we can do more good in explicitly stressing their equivalence in a climate where stating βBlack Rights Matterβ is met by some with βAll Rights Matterβ (ironically and yet also predictably enough, by those who donβt feel that Black rights do matter).
@aral Good analogy.
This is a good example of unfortunate framing.
Movement advocating against violations of people's rights directed at a specific group, picked up a language suggesting these are some different rights.
(Which was then exploited by "All Rights Matter" advocates.)