I think this is an interesting point.
In another thread women who don't wish to share locker-rooms and showers with biologically male individuals are called "radical". In this thread it's taken to be obvious that the presence of police in the parade is chilling and oppressive to non-white individuals.
Uhhhh... I don't think anybody here called such women 'radical' per se. You looked up the term and said it probably applied to you, and I explained what TERF meant but nobody used the term to call women a name.
But SJ is right - people can't rail on about generalizations, and then use them on people THEY don't like. It's wrong and people should admit it... except...
- some generalizations can be proven, so they are true but still impolite... except...
- some generalizations are true and complimentary, so you CAN say those... except...
- you still can't generalize outside your group like to say a certain ethnic group is good at math... except
- if it's in an academic setting, say, and the insights are true and positive....
Anyway... those of us who can deal with context don't freak out so much about a little generalizing, but we don't find it to be mind-blowingly brilliant when somebody posts that black people commit more crime. It's not a breath of fresh air to post stuff like that....