Transphobia and Sophistry
Link03/19/2008
" remember back in the 90s getting into arguments with homophobes about how they couldn't be homophobic because they weren't afraid of gay men and lesbian women. Rather than address the substance of the statement - homophobia means you're prejudiced against gay men, lesbian women, and probably bisexual people - these prejudiced people would shift the goalposts and make it not about whether or not they hated GLB people, but how they weren't afraid. Belledame compares this kind of argument to a more recent post from a radical feminist proclaiming that she's not afraid of trans people."
