Since this is a day for discussing my radqueer takes, I do think that some labels can be incredibly counterproductive and harmful.
I mean, a big part of being trans is wanting people to treat as you identify. A trans woman wants to be treated as a woman. A trans man wants to be treated as a man.
If you're going to call yourself "TransNazi," don't be surprised when people treat you like a Nazi. I mean, that's kind of what the label means, isn't it? You are identifying as a Nazi.
"I'm a Nazi but I don't support people cis-Nazis." Okay, but you're still a Nazi. You're identifying as a Nazi. You're calling yourself a Nazi. Using that label helps normalize Nazism. And the only way that identity can be truly "respected" is to treat you the way people would treat any other Nazi!
You don't get a pass to identify as a Nazi, especially in a climate where we have political leaders doing literal Nazi salutes while backing transforming Gitmo into a concentration camp for immigrants, without the stigma attached to that label!
"I want to identify as a Nazi without suffering from any of the stigma attached to it" is a non-starter.
Is it possible to experience dysphoria around... not being a Nazi? I don't know. Maybe. Brains are weird. I know that better than anyone. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
But even if you experience dysphoria around this part of your identity, it doesn't matter. Because the rest of society has a responsibility to do everything within its power to avoid normalizing Nazism, and to flush it out wherever it may hide. And I'm sorry to say that this is a situation where the needs of the many will outweigh the needs of the few.
We cannot allow for any environment where anyone feels safe identifying as Nazis.