some examples: āyou cannot identify/opt out of privilegeā (further reading),Ā āthere is an invasion of oppressors coming into our community claiming to be oppressed members of it and They Are The Enemyā (further reading) (especially when you consider that they put as much, if not more energy into attacking those who they perceive as āinvadersā as they do against the actual oppressors in question, and they receive hardly any if any backlash from the actual oppressors in question for doing so; if the āinvadersā really were members of the oppressor class, youād think actual members of the oppressor class would get mad at you for attacking the āinvadersā, but they hardly ever do, ifĀ ever), āall oppression [insert group of people] claims to face is actually misdirected homophobia/misogynyā (including the specific idea that biphobia isnāt real and itās just homophobia/lesbophobia), āPeople only have [insert identity/ies] because of internalized homophobiaā, mocking/slandering inclusionists as liberals who donāt understand radical anti-oppression theoryĀ and class analysisĀ (further reading),Ā especially using the word ākweerā to mock queer people they disagree with, being against the use of the word āqueerā, āYou just hate lesbians!!!!ā (and presuming that itās necessary to hold their viewpoint in order to be a lesbian / that their viewpoint is the default and/or should be the default for lesbians), identifying with the term āgatekeeperā,Ā claiming that āterfā is a silencing tacticĀ (further reading), claiming that no-platforming is a silencing tactic, claiming that invalidation of personal identity is meaningless (this specifically enables the idea that misgendering isnāt violent), Ā bonding with right-wingers over hate against people who disagree with youĀ / using arguments originally used by right-wingers, etc.
Keep in mind that this rhetoric is so similar that TERFs have noticed this and used it to their advantage. (source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5)
Also keep in mind that, while there may be one or two terfs who favor ace inclusion, there are hundreds who are against it. That shouldnāt be a good sign. And non-TERF exclusionists have in the past shown more sympathy towards TERFs than they do towards ace people. (example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4, example 5)
This doesnāt make all ace-exclusionists TERFs, but as the OP was saying, it makes them enablers of TERFs, which is a form of transmisogyny. Also note that, unless you yourself are a trans woman / transfeminine person, you canāt sayĀ ābut there are trans women on our side!!!ā as a way to argue against this, because thatās basically using theĀ āmy trans friend agrees with me!!!ā argument. You canāt use that as an excuse to say somethingās ok when trans women are saying it actively puts them and their sisters in danger.
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