• Poplar?@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        I imagine the downvoters assume the post is making a point about Muslims in general, which it isn’t.

        It isn’t Islamophobic thinking Muslims are transphobic, they are. Much like most of the world outside the West.

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          “most of the world outside the West”.

          Is this trans friendly West in the room with us currently?

          Also countries like Thailand are culturally much more advanced on Trans acceptance.

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          Westerners are transphobic.

          If you wanna make broad generalizations about large groups of people with diverse beliefs, you don’t get to turn around and exclude another group from broad generalizations just because you’re included in it.

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            Just wanna add in case people haven’t encountered these nuanced interactions: my cousin and her husband are both atheists that think being gay is a choice and trans people are mentally ill. Religious beliefs or lack thereof don’t guarantee someone will be ethically or morally upstanding