Cishet people hate being labeled "cishet" because they have to deal with a label. They realize, for the first time in their lives, that it is no longer the gender/sexual OR social norm. And they resent that. For years and years and years, they have been told they have reached the prime normality. Now, with people becoming more self educated, they feel so harmed when their whole being is reduced to a label. Cishets don't think they require a label, and it makes them feel hurt and sad which makes them think they have even an ounce of understanding with trans/queer folk who have been maliciously bullied/harassed/attacked.

They want to be the "normal" ones. It intimidates them to have that normality title snatched away from them. Hence why "cis is a slur" campaigns started. Insert eye roll here, endless, endless, eye roll.

I agree with Josie. Be mad. Cis people who say they will withdraw their support aren't really allies. They use "I guess you don't need my support then!" as a manipulation technique to control our speech, our activism, our existence. It's another issue in the cis "community". Since they are not included in our speech, in our existence, they want to gain control over it. Point this out to any of them giving you a problem and I guarantee you they will say "Well, don't I deserve some say as an allie?". They forget it's not a CEO position. Our opinions matter over theirs. All they have to do is be supportive and make sure their cis friends stop saying trash as if it is gospel. In the long run, their jobs are extremely minimal considering all they have to do is ///listen///, which leads to support and understanding.

I think the most amusing thing cishet people do when it comes to being shi** is going "why don't you stop complaining about everything? especially online! you social justice warriors live for this! always something to complain about!" and then blogs like "ilovecishets" is created where they do exactly what they crap on others for doing. (btw report that blog!! I know a lot of people are doing it right now).

Personally, I'm not going to stop saying "cis people" and change it to "SOME cis people". Yeah, no, sorry. If it's so easy for them to group trans/queer people into one group and make sure they have no say in their identities being safe, I will assume all cis people are ignorant until they prove me otherwise on this topic. At first I felt bad saying cis people as a general statement. Now I realize I have nothing to be guilty of. If not every cis person is like "that", they better get their acts together because I am vastly disappointed.