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[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trans
Unrecongnising
Radical
Dipshits

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reactionary would be better. There's nothing 'radical' about transphobia.

[–] Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would say transphobia absolutely is radical. Of course, by the definition in which it is extreme. Say, for instance, by these definitions:

Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic.

Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions.

The slang form of radical (being a synonym for excellent/wonderful) is merely a single definition, and when talking about politics (I hate to liken transphobia to a "political" issue, but it is heavily intertwined with politics now), its denotation is that of the quoted definitions above.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IMO transphobia is too close to the political and societal status quo to call it 'radical' - most people weren't quite on board with trans people in the first place, and any legal provisions in favor of trans people were usually introduced relatively recently.

[–] Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I highly disagree. Transphobia is not a majority opinion, and the only reason trans issues have gotten a political spotlight as of late is as a scapegoat. For instance, take the results of a poll of US citizens by Pew Research Center in 2022:

Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues - Pew Research Center

I would thus argue that opposition of trans rights has in recent history been radical. Very few US voters stood in opposition of protections of trans Americans less than 3 years ago.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

According to your link, 60% think that your sex must be the sex assigned at birth (54% in 2017, better but not great, either). Kind of at odds with the first number that has most people in favor of protecting trans people from discrimination. Using trans people as scapegoats wouldn't work if a lot of people weren't already at least on the fence about trans people.

It's true that according to that poll, I've overestimated the transphobia of the average american, though.