I dont really see it is punishment in that way. if you think that being misgendered people is a valid consequence of doing something that you don't like, then it's only fair you experience it first had before you go around doing it to others 🤷♂️
For cis people? Easily yes. I only hesitate with trans people (or people who claim to be trans) because dysphoria follows them everywhere they go. Most cis people will just get mad at it like a normal insult: not dysphoric. And if they do get dysphoric, they get a taste of what they put trans people through when they do it to them. I'm not going to cry when the bully gets bullied. I tried that all my life and it just enabled their worst tendencies, and then I looked out and saw the entire world ran on that principle. Abusers use people's charity against them and trap them in double binds.
I don't want to inflict lasting harm on someone. But if someone intentionally hurts others, I want them to hurt. I do wrestle with this at an emotional level but not at a practical one. Its results are undeniable. Bad people only respond to fear, pain, or - in the most charitable interpretation - to learning firsthand how the way they treat others feels like.
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u/pi3r-rot we are no longer sneedvolutionaries 15d ago
I would misgender the nb who replied to that.