Hello, and good day to all. This is a very interesting, and I believe also important, topic to discuss. Therefore I have come to provide some interesting videos (and the occasional Wikipedia article), as I won't pretend to be knowledgeable enough to tell convincingly how these issues are real; many others have done so far better than I ever could, and they should be listened to. I'll attempt to show some facts about transgender people, LGBTQ+ movement, minorities in general and the reactions about them. I'll also try to stay as objective as possible to bring the facts to the table, with my opinions being clearly stated as my personal opinions.
The videos are long, but I hope you have patience to watch at least one of them.
DISCLAIMER:
It's often stated that Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
This is true, but it would be foolish to dismiss it as a whole. We are not scientists here; we don't need absolute, definite, verified evidence,
as it can be pretty tough to read; not to mention the amount of information available. We would never proceed if everyone had to read everything - especially when they're books that need to be paid for - to be able to state their opinions. Please, try to be open-minded about this.
DISCLAIMER END
With that said, here's the meat of the post:
1. Strictly speaking, sex and gender are different things.
In common speak however, they are used interchangeably, so on no basis can people be judged for using them wrongly. Even I will most likely mix them up in this post.
2. There are people born without definite sex.
This is called
intersex. While it can be tough to determine how common they are, they are more common than you think:
Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female one in 100 births
Total number of people receiving surgery to “normalize” genital appearance one or two in 1,000 births
~Intersex Society of North America
Here are two videos that talk about arguments that are commonly stated when trans rights come up, and why the binary male-female spectrum is false biologically:
"Transphobia in the UK" by Shaun
"What is Gender?" by ContraPoints (this was the weirdest and funniest and creepiest video I've seen in a while, I really recommend it)
3. The LGBTQ+ movement, feminists, anti-fascists, game journalists are not out to get you.
No one wants to take your rights away. No one is trying to take your freedom of speech away. Actually, you may even misunderstand free speech as a law:
"Does the Left Hate Free Speech? (Part 1)" by ContraPoints
"Does the Left Hate Free Speech?" by ContraPoints (I think it's the second part) (I haven't actually watched this, the subs are broken and spoken English is not my forte. I trust that ContraPoints is able to give convincing explanations.)
4. You have most likely been lied to about LGBTQ+ movement, feminists, anti-fascists and whatever else is related.
There are several videos available about how people are made to hate these movements:
"The Fate of the Frog People" by Shaun
"How to Fall Down the Anti-SJW Rabbit Hole" by Three Arrows
"Why Are You So Angry?" video series by Innuendo Studios
"The Alt-Right Playbook" video series by Innuendo Studios
Now, these videos aren't exclusively about transphobia; still, they're linked to how one comes to contact with it and accept it as the truth.
The next two points have my opinions about being considerate towards each other:
5. Transgender groups have extremely high suicide rate.
They face a lot of discrimination every day. They don't have it easy. Please try to understand.
6. It's not simple for one to change their mind about a subject they've been told as a fact for their whole life.
It's alright if you don't understand. It's okay to feel outraged when it seems like you're being oppressed for being you. I hope I can prove in this post that you are not being oppressed.
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Some videos that are on my to-watch list that might also interest you:
"Gender Critical" by ContraPoints
"Pronouns" by ContraPoints
"Queer" by ContraPoints
"Transphobia: An Analosys" by Philosophy Tube
"Does the West HATE Itself? - A Response to Black Pigeon Speaks" by Three Arrows
Some loosely related videos; that is, in regards of minorities, gamer culture and GamerGate, falsified information, misogyny, racism etc. etc.:
"The Psychology of an Incel" by JCS - Criminal Psychology
"Does the Left Want to Destroy History?" by Three Arrows
"TL;DR Doesn't Understand Anita Sarkeesian" by Shaun
"Cuphead: The Fake Outrage" by Shaun
"DOOM: The Fake Outrage" by Shaun
"What is 'Virtue Signaling'?" by hbomberguy
Actually, there are so many videos that I could link (and kinda want to) that it's probably best to stop here. So many vids!
In summary, I guess my points are these:
- These are well-researched issues, something that you can look up anytime (although admittedly, with the amount of information available, it can be tough to know where to start from)
- Still, the Internet is chock-full of false information, and it can be tough to determine who is right and who is wrong, or is there even a right or wrong.
- With that said, there exist people whose
job is to do research on these subjects. It wouldn't hurt to trust people a bit more instead of just listening to outrageous claims.
- It's easy to interpret text in the Internet as an attack to your being. Please, understand that you can not tell people's intent 100 % of the time. At the same time, if someone is definitely posting with malicious intent, do not throw more wood to the fire.
- Please, don't fall into the trap of thinking you're centrist in the left-right spectrum. Social medias
will make you bend to one way or the other, and the right especially is targeting white young men to transition to their side.
- Transphobia is closely linked with racism, misogyny, climate denial, trolling among others that are escaping my mind right now. You can't discuss one of these subjects without also talking about the others.
- If even one person watches at least one video linked here, if even one person starts doubting the hate they've heard about minorities, this post has been successful. Thank you for reading.
Last edited by Tonakai; Dec 31, 2019 at 10:40 AM.