cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/258745

There are a lot of self proclaimed ML’s online who have mostly agreeable politics but are also very socially reactionary. They often post something decent like ‘NATO provoked the conflict in Ukraine’ and at the end randomly say ‘this is similar to when liberals pretend trans identities are valid’ they talk about trans identities as part of western societal decay etc. (One thing I have noticed is that they praise tomboys but condemn trans women or even cis men in dresses). How does one expose their lack of materialism around this issue? I honestly think some could be swayed.

  • @CITRUS@lemmygrad.ml
    10•2 years ago

    I have thought a lot about a solid pro trans argument. Transphobia is morally wrong but… also scientifically. To start, I’ll ask you, what are you? WHAT… ARE… YOU? You would answer human, okay; what is a human? An ape, what is an ape and yada yada yada. Here we start realizing that biologically, we are not too different form other organic life. We are just a certain combination of chemicals and nutrients that makes us humans. That’s it, we didn’t pick it evolution did. Evolution also didn’t pick Trans individuals to be inferior. The reason we have happened over time to have two main sexes, is because that is what our specific biological history found was the most efficient way to reproduce, with one half as nurturers and the other half as “pollinators”. But keep in mind, genes and chemicals are not set in stone, if they were, we would never have left the single cell stage. Male clown fish transition when populations of females are low. With the development of society and the difficulty of passing on our genes lessen, and so two will the need of binary sexes. I have more for this, but I gotta go, hope this helps.

    • @CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml
      10•2 years ago

      Transphobia is also anti history and colonial. This is the crux of the matter imo. They dont acknowledge decolonization is instrumental to socialist development. Similar with the patsoc types. They reduce class down to its simplist parts and weaponize it for colonial sensibilities.

      • @CITRUS@lemmygrad.ml
        4•2 years ago

        You have it one the nail there. But it’s so exhausting to see people screaming “It’s not natural”, like apparently we are all Darwins over here. Religion also plays a part, and with what you are saying.