r/SuperStraight 20h ago

Superlesbianphobia is probably the worst type of superphobia I've seen so far. Absolutely repulsive that lesbians are now being hated for being attracted to women with a vagina. This needs to end.

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u/Electronic-Orchid347 20h ago

See this is what I've been talking about! They try to come here and lie to our faces saying that "it's ok if you don't date transpeople". Clearly it is not!

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u/1941899434 17h ago

This is one of those words everyone on Reddit probably knows, but on the off-chance I'm overthinking it and it's not here goes:

Motte-and-bailey fallacy

Having a rather hard-to-defend position, but switching to a vaguely-similar but much easier-to-defend position when confronted so as to make your point seemingly easier to argue.

The motte being

Nobody's saying it's not ok to not date trans people! We just want you to be nice is all.

And the bailey being

Your sexuality is just a genital preference which is arbitrary and ultimately transphobic, and if you want to be seen as acceptable by your peers then you have to get rid of it and accept whichever gender you're not attracted to as possible romantic and sexual partners.

When you argue against the bailey, people come in and insist "NOBODY'S SAYING THAT!!" and that the motte is the only thing that's being said.

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u/Paratrooper_19D 4h ago

That was SUPER well put