Secondhand Revenant said:
Darkmantle said:
So you don't like that some people lump you in with bad cis people so the proper response is to do the same to trans people.
But really, why try to sway the fence sitters who lack principles? If it isn't being right or wrong that sways them but if they feel happy enough they sound like too much trouble.
I wish. Fencesitters are probably one of the most dangerous categories of people, but perhaps the most important.
No, I definitely do believe those people exist.
Let me start by saying that that is not acceptable of them. But:
1. There are people who actively deny they exist. (Source: A sizable percentage of the posts here.)
2. There are cis-gendered people ACTIVELY campaigning to strip away their rights as we speak. Literally. Right now. No hyperbole. (Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/kansas-gov-brownback-nixes-protections-lgbt-workers-article-1.2110996 )
3. Traditionally, the only way to be heard was to be out-spoken. (See above example. Fun fact: The Mattachine Society hung this sign up in the window of the Stonewall Inn: "We homosexuals plead with our people to please help maintain peaceful and quiet conduct on the streets of the Village.")
So they called you a name. It probably bruised your ego a bit. But look at it this way: There are not politicians trying to take away your rights to: employment, housing, status RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY MINUTE (In the first world, no less). So at the very least, maybe you can understand why they might be overly aggressive.
Again, I want to emphasize that I don't agree with those tactics. Hell, I've been yelled at by activists before ("I'm on my way. Right now. To a date. With a man. That's exactly how much I'm not straight." Haha.). But it's hard not to say it's justifiable anger.