[Liam-]

Can we just take a moment to consider the reaction if someone said it’s not surprising people don’t feel empathy if women got attacked because someone of them are nuts? There would be justifiable outrage because that sort of argument is grim. I’m genuinely baffled by the obvious double standards when it comes to the treatment of groups of people, people are expected to take women’s feelings, thoughts and safety into consideration, but apparently it’s understandable and unavoidable that people don’t feel empathy for trans people who are facing violence at a rising level, because a minority of trans people are weird anti-conversationalists? Horrid

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Can we just take a moment to consider the reaction if someone said it’s not surprising people don’t feel empathy if women got attacked because someone of them are nuts? There would be justifiable outrage because that sort of argument is grim. I’m genuinely baffled by the obvious double standards when it comes to the treatment of groups of people, people are expected to take women’s feelings, thoughts and safety into consideration, but apparently it’s understandable and unavoidable that people don’t feel empathy for trans people who are facing violence at a rising level, because a minority of trans people are weird anti-conversationalists? Horrid

I wouldn't like to see anyone being attacked

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Can we just take a moment to consider the reaction if someone said it’s not surprising people don’t feel empathy if women got attacked because someone of them are nuts? There would be justifiable outrage because that sort of argument is grim. I’m genuinely baffled by the obvious double standards when it comes to the treatment of groups of people, people are expected to take women’s feelings, thoughts and safety into consideration, but apparently it’s understandable and unavoidable that people don’t feel empathy for trans people who are facing violence at a rising level, because a minority of trans people are weird anti-conversationalists? Horrid

I didn’t say it’s an understandable mindset, I said it’s an inevitable mindset. In this case that’s a very important distinction. The people who lack empathy for transpeople being attacked are not the ones seeking open conversation, but they are lumped together as one and the same and hounded by a very vocal minority.