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Iapar@feddit.de 5 months agoThis whole exchange could be more productive if you could explain your opinions.
Comment on Lemmy is the best social media
Iapar@feddit.de 5 months agoThis whole exchange could be more productive if you could explain your opinions.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They’re arguing that being sexually attracted to something is a phobia, the definition of which is having an irrational fear of something.
Do you really think this person has the ability to string enough words together to justify their opinion?
Iapar@feddit.de 5 months ago
I hoped so.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Did you read the original reddit thread? Chasers are dangerous to the trans community. It isn’t about being attracted to trans individuals, it’s about specifically seeking them out for being trans and fetishizing them being trans.
Can you not see how this may look if you are the trans person in this relationship?
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 months ago
What do you think the word “phobia” means, just out of interest?
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’m not stupid, I know it means “fear of.” Do you think Homophobes are “afraid” of gay people? What abiut transphobes? In the context of bigotry, phobia is used to refer to invalidating or undermining ones sexuality, gender identity, etc.
Literally talk to a trans person, or just read through that thread, it isn’t difficult.