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I think the disconnect comes from the fact that this is a trans icon design. Meaning the 1% that IS being focused on, are the 1% of university college athletes that are trans that are being (or were being) banned from playing sports.
The defense for why it was ok was that "Well, only 1% of athletes are even affected by this ban, so YOU will be fine!" (Assuming "you" is a non-trans person, which they do assume).
And the wrong 1% would be THE 1%. As in the elite, the rich, the wealthy. The whole 1% of people control 99% of earths wealth.
The shirt is saying "Hey republicans, you need to worry more about the wealthy who impose laws that ACTUALLY affect you negatively, and less about trans athletes which in no way harm anyone."
And then you come in like "Yeah, but small titties are cool."
Which is like......what?
When we talk about things, we use our accumulated knowledge to create a context. However because that knowledge isn't the same for everyone, the understandable context can be similar, but different.
So for example, a person who doesn't know about college trans athletes, but knows about trans won't understand the same context as someone who knows the subject in depth or as someone who knows little about the concept itself. But if they all recognize the 1% as the rich elite, then they can all vaguely share that partial context.
It might be an exaggeration in my case because yeah, still I would say that people in general should avoid expectations for everyone participating in this kind of conversation to share the same understanding of the context at hand.
Common sense isn't universal. Perception is unequal. Divergence in way of thought is to be expected.
But yeah, I support both opinions you've extracted independently from each other.