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The OP didn't say the counter argument was that trans people should be killed, but that they shouldn't exist. You are taking the take to the extreme.

Routinely, trans people are treated as an entity that should not exist. Or a disease or condition that should be rooted out. Not a valid identity.

> I haven't seen anybody make the argument that trans people should be killed

Brunei?

Think their law applies to homosexuals, not transexuals.

If I were trans I don't think I would take my chances of them making a meaningful distinction.

It’s polarizing only if you accept the you-should-die part one of the poles, which is sort of the problem I was getting at. I would characterize it more as reductio ad absurdum.