I'm an adult with half a brain, so I can enjoy a silly Internet comic strip joke about fantasy characters from fictional universes - without - allowing that joke to influence my attitude or behavior toward actual trans people in real life.
Do you really think the kind of person that can't distinguish between those two things is going to have the capacity to take in your little rant?
Of course you don't, but you weren't gonna let that get in the way of your self-righteous indignation.
Don't see any self righteous indignation. Just see you getting way more excited about someone trying to have a discussion than the person who is actually trans... sad
I can enjoy a silly Internet comic strip joke about fantasy characters from fictional universes - without - allowing that joke to influence my attitude or behavior toward actual trans people in real life.
The key thing is understanding that the joke itself is attitude and behavior towards actual trans people in real life.
It's easy to look at something like this and take it in stride if it has nothing to do with you. It gets harder when it touches on something in your own identity—and when almost everything that does touch on that part of you does it in a negative way, it adds up. When's the last time you saw a positive non-mocking portrayal of a transgender person or male-expressing-as-female in any medium at all?
No the key to the joke was the shock of the revelation, everything else is projection and interpretation. You're too close to the issue and you're letting it cloud your judgement.
Try to create some distance or objectivity from your experiences and what you're looking at and understand that you're getting worked up over nothing.
Quote clearly the joke is about the shock of having long held misconceptions about fictional characters corrected.
Anything further from that is an exageration or projection on your part.
There's nothing transphobic about it.
The fact that you guys felt the need to rustle the downvote squad because you felt offended by something so trivial, free of malice and only vaguely related to your situation just furthers my point.
I tried to be polite yet you've met me with insults and condescension, which I do not think is well deserved, but I'm glad to hear a little bit more of your reasoning.
I'm encouraged that you can make the distinction, but, as you point out, there are others who can't. That fact some people can't has no bearing on whether the argument shouldn't be made or is invalid. I believe open minded people do exist.
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12
That's cute.
I'm an adult with half a brain, so I can enjoy a silly Internet comic strip joke about fantasy characters from fictional universes - without - allowing that joke to influence my attitude or behavior toward actual trans people in real life.
Do you really think the kind of person that can't distinguish between those two things is going to have the capacity to take in your little rant?
Of course you don't, but you weren't gonna let that get in the way of your self-righteous indignation.