pyre , 4 hours ago

yes. first of all transphobia is very closely linked to misogyny, if not rooted in it.

but also if bigots were educated they would stop being bigots, so it’s a guarantee that they are fucking illiterate fuckwits.

and in being so you can’t really expect them to be accurate with their hatred; in fact they are specifically bad at telling people who aren’t like them apart which makes it very easy for them to target the wrong people.

post-covid cinophobia affected non-chinese asians, as post 9/11 islamophobia affected sikhs and other brown people, as transphobia so often affects cis women who may look a little less than traditional. i can keep going for all kinds of bigotry.

it doesn’t mean they’re not doing something in the name of hating a specific group just because they’re fucking idiots who don’t know who’s in that group or not.