This confuses me because I was born and raised in a time that “radical” meant “cool” or “badass”.
So I’d say it’s Rad to support trans people but it’s not a radical position to take.
Because radical has a different meaning in politics and people confuse it for the colloquial context.
One only references a surface level perspective while the other is referring to systemic level perspective.
In colloquial context, radical just means “uncommon/abnormal/strange”, so saying " support of trans rights is radical" means “support of trans rights is [strange/abnormal]”, which can be interpreted negatively.
In a political context, it is a radical position to support trans rights, as it calls for a fundamental change of how the system functions through social and structural reform.
This confuses me because I was born and raised in a time that “radical” meant “cool” or “badass”.
So I’d say it’s Rad to support trans people but it’s not a radical position to take.
Because radical has a different meaning in politics and people confuse it for the colloquial context.
One only references a surface level perspective while the other is referring to systemic level perspective.
In colloquial context, radical just means “uncommon/abnormal/strange”, so saying " support of trans rights is radical" means “support of trans rights is [strange/abnormal]”, which can be interpreted negatively.
In a political context, it is a radical position to support trans rights, as it calls for a fundamental change of how the system functions through social and structural reform.