Fighting over who should be the Stereotype

[Natasha]

Fighting over who should be the Stereotype

http://caveofrationality.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-comment-elsewhere-that-works.html
8/8/09

Another comment elsewhere that works well on it's own. It's from this long discussion in Bilerico where once again the Nomenclature stuff derails another discussion between GLB and TG. The comment goes as follows:

Curious isn't it that when TG-advocates do acknowledge the human right of the seperatists to self-define as not Transgender it goes unremarked, uncelebrated and actually totally unrecognised by the seperatists?

[LordKAT]

Sounds kind of like the rant I read from a lesbian who insisted that it is not right that gay and lesbian people be included with transsexuals, crossdressers, androgyne or any other part of the transgender group. She actually considered it insult that rights be extended to any other than gay or lesbian people. I had a hard time with why she would feel that way.

[tekla]

Though that's not what she is advocating.  She is promoting acceptance, not exclusion.

Attacking one another trying to fight the symptom not the cause, attacking people to try and effect public perception of both, and it seems that it's really fighting over which group gets to BE the stereotype rather than attacking there being a stereotype which could be accomplished by showing, and educating about, the diversity.