A few months ago, someone I know commented on a Facebook post of someone else I know and made a joke about gender. When my trans child confronted them on it and I later confronted them on it, they responded by saying that their comment wasn\u2019t directed at my child and that they\u2019d never disrespect my child like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thing is though when you make fun of a marginalized group, you disrespect those who belong to that group, even if you didn\u2019t direct your comments to those specific people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
If you make fun of black people, you disrespect all black people, even your friend John, despite not mentioning John\u2019s name. If you make fun of Jewish people, you disrespect all Jewish people, even your friend Jill, despite not mentioning Jill\u2019s name. If you make fun of Muslim people, you disrespect all Muslims, even your friend Robert, despite not mentioning Robert\u2019s name. If you make fun of women, you disrespect all women, even your friend Rebecca, despite not mentioning Rebecca\u2019s name. If you make fun of gay people, you disrespect all gay people, even your friend Peter, despite not mentioning Peter\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if you make fun of trans people, you disrespect all trans people, even your friend\u2019s child, despite not mentioning your friend\u2019s child\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n