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mos_8502 
🇨🇦Them: “You’re not trans, why are you always defending them?”
Me: “I am also not a domestic cat, and if I see you abusing one of those I’ll kick your ass too.”
Mx Verda
Riley S. Faelan
Chloé Raccoon@chloeraccoon It's strange they're not charging a pee-fee at her grave, really.
@chloeraccoon Ah, yes, the HiPiFi, high fee for being pissed upon.
Daniel Reeders
MostlyTato@mos_8502
Ha! Well said.
Ha! Well said.
root42@mos_8502 that’s why we have this problem in the first place. Missing empathy and only caring about yourself. If they cared about others no one would have to defend trans people.
In Search of a Better WorldAlmost like there may be a whole ass poem about standing up for vulnerable people because you need to speak up in advance, or else.
Kevin Karhan 
pinkdrunkenelephantsWhat kind of a dumbass would even ask such a stupid fucking question?
emeritrixPlus, just because it's not happening to you yet....
emeritrix (@[email protected])
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Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️@mos_8502 I'm trans AND a cat, so thanks twice
Ricardo Harvin
K. N. Brindle (they/them)@mos_8502
I mean, by context I know this wasn’t your intent so please don’t take this as an attack, but it’s hard for me to see this and not trip over the analogy comparing me to an animal.
How about a simpler retort:
“Because trans people are human beings worthy of dignity and respect”
apm77@knbrindle @mos_8502 Visual imagery is a feature of metaphor, not a bug, you can't replace it with an abstraction and claim that it serves the same purpose. Richard the Lionheart was also compared to an animal but I don't think he ever complained.
Philippa Cowderoy@knbrindle @mos_8502 There's a definite tendency for certain kinds of people to care more about animals than other people, yeah
spv@flippac @knbrindle @mos_8502 to quote a friend of mine, "humans have done nothing but abuse, traumatize, and rape me -- cats are super chill though"
kaspa@knbrindle @mos_8502 BOOM, this is the answer.
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann@mos_8502 or: "why are you attacking them?"
keschi 
Θ@mos_8502 as a not-domestic cat i thank you
Aknorals⚑Ⓐ 🏴@mos_8502 We're not free until everyone is free.
onecaliberal@mos_8502 Because we are ALL human. It’s none of my business or yours.
Ángela Stella MatutinaThe ones that silently label you a "chaser" are worse.
(Not that they don't exist, but FFS, they don't usually announce themselves!)
Tomasz Mazurek 🇵🇱@mos_8502 People who are going after trans people today have a whole list of people they want to go after next - and you and I are on that list, and earlier than we imagine. That's an argument I've used with fellow atheists.
Dudley of Yesterzine 
@Mazurek64 @mos_8502 “Look at how they treat the most vulnerable. That’s how they’d treat you if they could get away with it.”
Yoji@mos_8502 and the other thing is the ones attacking trans people probably won't stop there if they get away with it.
A Republic, while we kept it@mos_8502 I’m also not a trade unionist, or a communist, or a Jew.
Jeff ♨️ Darcy@mos_8502 It's amazing that people can think like that. Even if they don't understand the concept of intrinsic rights, have they never heard "do unto others" or "first they came"?
I wonder how many people ask that question in good faith, vs. just not wanting to have their own awfulness highlighted. It could also be read as a deliberate "divide and conquer" tactic, or even an implied threat.
Overdrawn at the Gravitas Bank@mos_8502 Having 'Faggot!' screamed at straight me twice daily for five school-years (mid- to late-1970sC.E.) could only be expected to either make me homophobic or intensely sympathetic to gay rights.
I'd say that being all-to-human it did both. I _think_—but I know I'm biassed—that it's like 5/95.
(A funny story: I had just decided that this was just their not-really–sex-related epithet for my sports-hating/learning-loving combo…when they started soliciting sex.)
Frances LarinaThank you, for both.
cstephens2@mos_8502 Many people like to use the "they came for someone else but not me yet" response, but I object to that as well. I'm not defending someone just because I might be in danger further down the road. It might be a case where I'm *never* in danger from a particular situation, but I'm defending someone because it's the right thing to do, because they don't deserve to be picked on or harassed or threatened.
C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸
cameronbosch 
@mos_8502 I'm also not a dog, but if I see people abusing one, I'll make sure they're arrested and charged for it.
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷@mos_8502 Heck I'm allergic to cats and would still do that. What's wrong with people.
Pianosaurus 🕴@mos_8502
Them: “You’re not trans, wh...?”
Me: “Or am I?... 🤔”
La Championne Éternelle@mos_8502 except in real life cis people don't give a shit and these 'allies' are almost always eggs
KChernecky For Democracy
gallaugher@mos_8502 @Steampunk_Prof Your ally ship is so important and has such broad impact. As the parent of a trans child I am constantly terrified my child will be hurt. It never goes away. It’s a fear made only worse knowing your child has a continued struggle with so much in life. And we live in a very safe and supportive community. My heart goes out to those m who have less support. Knowing there are defenders that are vocal and strong is comforting. (1/2)
Thank you for your steadfast kindness to others. Peace. (2/2)