Punk Hazard
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Majority or not, there's still going to be a ton of hate and ridicule for it. That's what makes it brave because even with the support, there's just as many who are being intolerant and hateful.
No, it's very different. You see, many people like to say that shoving intolerance towards homosexuals is no different than shoving support and tolerance for them, and intolerance for homophobia. I disagree. You see, I am being critical towards those who have disagreed with me because they have put themselves on the side of hate, intolerance and bigotry on the negative scale. While I hate and do not tolerant things like transphobia and homophobia because that is recessive towards human decency and the happiness of others. There is something to be gained from being critical the way I have been, there is something to be gained for hatred and intolerance to homophobia and transphobia. There is nothing that is gained from the hatred and intolerance that IS homophobia and transphobia. You're basically saying "Wow, you're doing the same thing that homo/transphobes do when you voice support for a prejudiced group who are unjustly targeted and often have their rights violated(in this case, homosexuals and transphobes)." To that, I say, imagine if people did the same thing for minorities and women to racists and sexists. Oh wait. People did. And it made society better. You know. That whole abolishing slavery and 19th Amendment thing and all.
Good for them. That doesn't mean that a schizophrenic doesn't still pose a danger to themselves or others. Me saying this isn't me attacking them, not at all, but my sympathy for them. I understand how they can pose a danger to themselves or others. I'm not saying it's their fault, I am not saying it's guaranteed to happen, I am saying it happens. Does it create a stigma, yes, but happens all the same. I never said all schizophrenics are violent people or are dangerous, I'm saying it can happen. And you can't just look at one and go "Oh, you won't be violent" and look another and go "But I know you will be." Hence why they have psychiatric hospitals for them to stay at. It is unfortunate the stigma towards schizophrenics exist, for any mental illness. But you do not abolish and combat stigmas by going "Wow, people are combating this stigma, why not this one?" Instead of being troubled or upset that the stigma towards transsexuals is going down because a stigma towards something else isn't, be glad that there are stigmas going down period. Be glad that the stigma towards transsexuals is falling so the next one can fall as well. You don't pick and choose who gets justice when and where, you try to get justice for all who deserve all the time, and it happens when it happens. It may not happen in our lifetime because of all the stigmas that need to fall, but you're not doing any good by saying "Wow guys you should be on THIS one over THIS one."
I know you are not saying that transsexualism is like pedophilia because you can't say that. The only common thing between them is that they are seen as abnormal. You know what else was once seen as abnormal? Pilots, police officers, carpenters, doctors, firefighters, teachers, and lawyers with vaginas. A black men pissing in the same toilet as a white man was once considered abnormal. The link of two things being "abnormal" isn't good enough. You don't have to worry about accepting transsexualism meaning we're on the road to approved pedophilia because approved pedophilia ain't on this road. Know why? Cuz it's considered harmful and impeding on others. We're not just going around approving things willy nilly because we're bored, we're actually thinking critically and objectively about this.
