A trans Palestinian twitter user was posting that it didnt sit right with her and we had a little (polite) discussion about it.

  • What_Religion_R_They [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    I don't live in the US and inshaallah I never will, but I've seen that comparison recently and it did make me cringe a lil inside. I feel like they're in different stages, and are themselves different (anyone can be trans, not anyone can be Palestinian - the origin of the identity is somewhat different?), but the intent for both is there. But I think my issue with it comes from the fact that it is fundamentally an America-first framing. Maybe I'm articulating it incorrectly, I'll elaborate more after I wake up from my nap.

    • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      i'm not gonna correct anyone using the word that way but it's mildly self-undermining the same way "born that way" rhetoric is a little sus.

      i guess if there's a genocide equivalent for groups that aren't an ethnicity or nation then it would apply to what christofascists are trying to do.

      lol did x-men comics ever try to call extermination a mutant genocide? there's a similar "anyone can be ___"