>>509898530The Contradiction
The speaker says:
“I would accept them if they passed, but they mostly just look like men.”
This implies:
They can tell the person is trans.
Therefore, they are not passing (in their eyes).
Therefore, they are not accepted.
But here’s the problem:
1. If someone truly passes, the speaker wouldn't know they are transgender.
2. Therefore, the speaker is only seeing trans people who don’t pass.
3. They’re unaware of those who do pass.
4. So they conclude “they mostly don’t pass”, but that’s based on a biased sample, only the ones they can detect.
This is known as a:
Sampling Bias (or Survivorship Bias)
The speaker is unaware of the trans people who do pass, precisely because those people "pass" and are invisible to their detection.
So they falsely generalize from the visible cases and assume that most trans people don’t pass.
Combined with Circular Reasoning
They are saying:
“I would accept them if they passed.”
“But I don’t accept them because they don’t pass.”
While not realizing: if they did pass, they wouldn't even know.
So yes, it's contradictory and logically flawed.
