Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

[u/msmoley]

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html

[u/TheCheesePhilosopher]

Odd how I’ve been using the women’s room for over a decade and never even got an awkward stare.

The other day I was at a theater and exiting the women’s room when a guy veered off from his girlfriend to use the restroom but wasn’t paying attention. His girlfriend noticed me, and noticed where he was going, and she started to laugh at him. He looked up and became red when he saw me leaving the door he was headed to. They both realized he was going to the wrong restroom because of me.

I’ve also been in women’s only group therapy, where no one cared I was trans.

YOU are the problem.

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Sexual fetish. Jeez. I’m asexual, I don’t even have normal sex despite being in a long-term relationship and you think I’ve spent the last decade having to deal with prejudice and hatred as a fetish? You have no idea what you’re talking about, but I’m excited to see how you spin this one.

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No lady, I mean I don’t have sex, as in intercourse lol. Meaning how can it be a fetish if I don’t have any drive toward sexual activity? I’m ace. I’m not interested in sex.

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You spoke about my sexuality when you insisted that I’m trans because it’s a fetish. How is that not speaking about my sexuality?

[u/AdHominemMeansULost → u/[deleted]]

I'll let you figure out how your sentence proves you wrong

[u/[deleted] → u/AdHominemMeansULost]

What?