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And some of these people just completely failed to see the similarities.
Like, some of the transphobic caricatures that have gone around over the years should've rung alarm bells in the minds of even people who don't like us. They look like cartoons by A Wyatt Mann or other openly nazi cartoonists.
I'd like people to like us and believe us to be valuable members of their communities and societies. But I'll settle for an understanding that opposing us hinders everyone's freedoms and that some of those who stand against us wouldn't like the people next to them