Yep. As I’ve said, being scared of a minority and using that as an excuse to discriminate against them is textbook bigotry. I actually have a post I saved and never got to post which I’ll share here:
Early-ish man: I am Man. I am good. But woman over there is different than me. Yet I want to be around her. I want to make babies. SHE MUST BE DANGEROUS!! She must be trying to seduce me, to take over. I must try and control her. I must make her my property, physically abuse her if she disobeys, and keep her from doing the things I don’t want! Only then will I be safe.
White man: I am white. I am good. But black person over there have different skin than me. They have a different culture than mine. THEY MUST BE DANGEROUS!! They must be out to take our women, to cause anarchy, to dumb us all down! They must be thieves and criminals! We must protect ourselves by enslaving them, whipping and lynching them, separating them from us, discriminating against them, and controlling them. Only then will we be safe!
Straight man: I am straight. I am good. But gay person over there likes different gender than I do. They reject “traditional marriage”! THEY MUST BE DANGEROUS! They must be out to convert our children, to create sexual debauchery, to destroy our marriages. We must ridicule them, discriminate against them, physically abuse them, keep them separate from us and our children. Only then will we be safe!
Conservative cisgender person: I am “normal.” I am good. But trans person over there has different genitals than me! THEY MUST BE DANGEROUS!! They must be perverts, out to harm our children. They must be only pretending to get in bed with us and turn us gay! They must be mentally ill and thus dangerous. We must protect ourselves by discriminating against them, trying to erase them by saying they can’t exist, assaulting them.
Gender critical feminist: I am a feminist. I am good. But trans woman over there has different genitals than me. THEY MUST BE DANGEROUS!! They must be men, secretly trying to undermine feminism and women’s rights! We must protect ourselves by discriminating against them, trying to erase them.
See the pattern here? It’s all the same. None of these fears are justified. These people are not DANGEROUS. Just like the others, trans women aren’t undermining feminism. Again, most feminists accept trans people, while still fighting for women’s rights.
It’s the same story over and over. It didn’t work before, so why do you keep trying it? Why can’t you sympathize with people who are different than you? Why didn’t you learn what the rest of us did about bigotry?