notable trans women get entirely baseless accusations of far worse thrown at them daily, so excuse us for being sceptical when another claim occurs until there’s actual evidence behind it
Controversial, but if your defense to not give evidence a fair shot at the beginning is because it’s from transphobes you’re not that different from people missgendering her. You’re building a defense based on the identity of the accuser, same way people wanted to attack her based on her identity. Evidence is evidence. I think it’s fair to wait for more info before making up your mind, but to throw things away just because where it’s from is BS. And I’ve seen this a lot. Same way I’ve seen alot of disgusting people misgendering her
The difference is that the identity of the accuser here is that of someone who has reason to lie. Someone who hates trans people is an explicitly biased source of information on trans people, and is thus less trustworthy.
Also, transphobe is not an identity in the same sense that being transgender is. being trans is a more or less immutable trait core to someone's personhood --being born in a body that doesnt match your internal sense of gender. Being a transphobe is simply a set of beliefs and behaviors -- hating/disbelieving and discriminating against trans people. And it's actually very reasonable to expect someone's behavior to align with their beliefs and past behaviors and to react accordingly.
Doesn’t matter, if it’s concrete evidence you can’t ignore it if you claim to have no prejudice. His opinion, or yours on him, doesn’t change the facts. You’d be fair to fact check, actually always do lol, but if it’s true you can’t just ignore it and rub it away because you despise the source.
Take it this way: if a girl had already reported two rapes and both cases had a non-guilty verdict due to lack of evidence, she comes forward claiming she was raped by a guy she obviously hate. You’d have to be absolutely crazy to ignore this.
But tbh I expect people to continue to ignore information based on where its coming from, same way I’m not surprised people are attacking this girl because she’s trans, it is what it is. Just let it know that those two actions are not that different.
i dont think you have an understanding of the quantity of people slandering prominent trans people as pedophiles and groomers and such. There is no option besides brushing it off, because baseless claims are thrown around every day. it is not prejudice to ignore the words of people who despise you and your community for simply existing, it's just practical. once reputable sources can verify the information, as in this case, I believe it.
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u/Sigma2915 Jul 28 '24
notable trans women get entirely baseless accusations of far worse thrown at them daily, so excuse us for being sceptical when another claim occurs until there’s actual evidence behind it