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cishits:

I will never understand people who bring up the issues that other countries are dealing with in an attempt to “prove” that people in the United States cannot be oppressed. It’s always something like: “You can’t be oppressed when there are women in other countries who aren’t allowed to drive!! You can’t be oppressed with there are hundreds of girls who have gone missing in Nigeria!!” I know it’s easier to hide behind social issues so you don’t have to face the reality of oppression against trans people but I’m really going to need you to stop using other people’s suffering as a fucking prop for your shoddy argument. Stop using other people’s suffering as a way to disguise your own fucking bigotry.

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It is so frustrating when people get on that: “REAL oppression is what happens in [insert coded racist language for places where brown and black people live]!” It’s just fucked up for so many reasons.



I can’t imagine say, Iranian, queer folks sitting around and thinking: “man, I hope things are fucking terrible for queer people in the U.S.” The assholes who put forward this “that is real oppression, this is not” dichotomy are attempting to create a division where there should instead be solidarity.



The nature of globalization and neocolonialism means that American, Canadian, and European media and culture are consumed around the world. If that culture is oppressive, how would that NOT have effects globally?



The very narrow way they apply that logic is very telling. They say that trans folks in the U.S. can’t say that they are oppressed because other people are facing more overt oppression elsewhere. Then they immediately go on to talk about the hate directed at them for being cis/white/straight whatever. Or start on some “If I’m privileged, how come I don’t own a gold yacht covered in ivory with a champagne water fountain” shit. If you say that trans folks in the U.S. can’t talk about the violence, marginalization, and hatred they experience on a daily basis because other people have it worse; then cis folks in the U.S. should never be allowed to complain about anything. Ever.



Do these jerks realize that this same rhetoric has been used countless times throughout history to silence oppressed people? And is probably being used to justify the oppression they point to as legitimate? “Well, you can’t drive; but look at how good you have it compared to [blah blah blah].” It’s the same type of language I’ve heard from abusers. It’s the same manipulative, silencing tactic as “well, that’s nothing compared to the way I was treated as a kid/ my uncle treated HIS wife” on a social scale.



So seriously, people need to cut this shit out.