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Honestly I find the idea that trannies can look that good very scary. Its scary thinking that the surgery has gotten so good that I could have slept with a tranny and not even known it.
So smurfing what? That is a very immature and bigoted attitude.
Not really, who is the real bigot? Someone stating a sexual preference that you disagree with (HypoCactaur), or the man who is criticizing someone for having a different sexual preference (Raistlin)?
Did you actually read the above posts? HC didn't state a simple sexual preference, but instead stated that good-looking transsexuals are "scary" and that he would be horrified he might have touched one without knowing it. That goes well beyond a preference to transphobia -- just like there's a difference between heterosexuality (preference) and homophobia (bigotry).

Emotional/pleasurable reactions cannot be controlled (and thus cannot be good or bad), but the conclusions we draw from them can be. A knee-jerk distaste from the thought of a transsexual is one thing, but saying how scary they are is another.

Interesting question: is there any meaningful distinction between a transsexual-female (a trans who had surgery to be fully female) and a female with breast implants or all sorts of other cosmetic surgery? I can't think of one.

Interesting question 2: is there any meaningful distinction between "trans-females are gross; I would never sleep with one" and "black/white/Asian women are gross; I would never sleep with one"? If anything, I would argue that the latter is a bit more justifiable (though not very reasonable), as at least there is some obvious physical distinction (skin color) and aesthetics is an obvious part of sexual desire.