Yes, it is. You are dead wrong about the nature of your own argument. You explicitly wrote, “If not, the terms end up meaningless”, which is in fact an appeal to absurdity. Hypothetical or not? Irrelevant.
Based on your own words! Your whole argument is that Stonewall’s position leads to the absurd conclusion that you are transphobic.
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Let’s break down your main argument (links lead to the above quoted posts):
- I am a person who thinks X
- Stonewall thinks a person who thinks X is transphobic (not true, btw)
- therefore, Stonewall thinks I am transphobic
- to think a person is transphobic when they are not is to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless
- I am a person
- therefore, to think I am transphobic when I am not transphobic is to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless
- to think I am transphobic when I am not transphobic is to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless (see 6.)
- I am not transphobic
- therefore, to think I am transphobic is to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless
- to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless is to damage one’s reputation
- to think I am transphobic is to make ‘transphobic’ meaningless (see 9.)
- therefore, to think I am transphobic is to damage one’s reputation
MAIN ARGUMENT
- Stonewall thinks I am transphobic (see 3.)
- to think I am transphobic is to damage one’s reputation (see 12.)
- therefore, Stonewall is damaging their reputation
~Max