the sort of respect I'm advocating for extends to the LGBT community. but I know what you mean, respect is a two-way street.
"we know you want basic freedoms and rights to you and your community, but you first must be kind and understanding to your oppressor, even though they aren't to you"
this reminds me of a MLK quote that's kinda relevant to what Foxscotch is saying:
I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Bro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Bro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Literally no one says that, you stupid dumb furry forget. There is no mainstream "kill the trans" movement and there never will be because no one on earth gives that much of a stuff if some random mental illness roostertail chops their body parts off
oh so common sense literally doesn't exist huh? they are still a systematically oppressed minority and its still legally viable to kill and be set free with the trans panic defence.
there may not be a genocidal movement to exterminate them but there are still people like you that argue against their humanity, their right to serve in the military, etc.
you literally made his point by calling them "mental illness roostertails"