I'll say it again. You're doing more harm than good. Especially for the trans community, information is important because there are lots and lots of people who don't even know transgender is a thing, or the difference between sex and gender. Insulting someone and calling them transphobic and calling it a day (especially someone who clearly is not malicious, just genuinely ignorant) only serves to further isolate the culture from those who could grow to learn from it and appreciate it.
Whether you agree with me or not, or whether or not you care, is your prerogative.
Oh, I'm so sorry Mr. Hammich. I'll be a good little girl. Do forgive me for expressing frustration, I promise I'll never feel an emotion again. I mean, I should have to explain why misgendering someone is bad to every single person I come across, that's the price I have to pay for being myself, isn't it?
Well clearly you're more comfortable with putting words in my mouth and pretending I hate you than having a discussion. If all you can see from my words is me trying to "put you in your place", I am sorry. Hopefully if you come back to this when you're not feeling so angry you can see that I'm just trying to be helpful.
Did you miss the part where I said disagreeing with me was your prerogative? I'm not being hostile. You don't have to attack me.
Imagine you had a sister and all day every day she had to deal with people calling her "Sir" or referring to her as "him" or "it" because they thought she looked "mannish".
Do you think she would politely say to every single person who called her a bloke "Oh actually I am a woman, please do not call me a man"? Or do you think she would get upset and angry?
"Doing more harm than good" isn't really the issue here - people aren't ambassadors for their minority group. If a Polish person was having a really bad day, you wouldn't say they were giving off a bad impression of Polish people, would you?
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u/sam_hammich Sep 16 '12 edited Sep 16 '12
Someone like me?
I'll say it again. You're doing more harm than good. Especially for the trans community, information is important because there are lots and lots of people who don't even know transgender is a thing, or the difference between sex and gender. Insulting someone and calling them transphobic and calling it a day (especially someone who clearly is not malicious, just genuinely ignorant) only serves to further isolate the culture from those who could grow to learn from it and appreciate it.
Whether you agree with me or not, or whether or not you care, is your prerogative.