Whether right or wrong, I think it's fairly common for people to decide that a person who acts abhorrently is unworthy of respect. I didn't mean to suggest that the acceptance of self-ID should be based on whether someone is a good person.
As a general rule, I've always found it easier to get an opponent to listen to me if I don't intentionally disrespect them. Which is to say, I've never found it helpful.
If the goal was simply to insult bad people, then they would nonsensically misgender cis women. It's not; the goal is to enact bigotry on what is deemed to be an acceptable target, as a gateway to normalizing it for all trans people. It's in the same vein as Der Sturmer running stories about "Jewish crime" every time a Jew got arrested.
But why does it seem that way? I'm not trying to be pedantic, I just honestly don't see how the two are connected.
Whether right or wrong, I think it's fairly common for people to decide that a person who acts abhorrently is unworthy of respect. I didn't mean to suggest that the acceptance of self-ID should be based on whether someone is a good person.
As a general rule, I've always found it easier to get an opponent to listen to me if I don't intentionally disrespect them. Which is to say, I've never found it helpful.
That's because they are completely unconnected.
If the goal was simply to insult bad people, then they would nonsensically misgender cis women. It's not; the goal is to enact bigotry on what is deemed to be an acceptable target, as a gateway to normalizing it for all trans people. It's in the same vein as Der Sturmer running stories about "Jewish crime" every time a Jew got arrested.