1) the extent to which people who should know better have bought into this stuff. People with graduate degrees who will state "a trans woman is a woman" even if the conversion is mere minutes old
2) the extremity. Even the most supportive people who disagree on one tiny point are indistinguishable from people who say they should all be shot. When you repeated that "a trans woman is a man" Rob immediately went back to that tired-ass "transphobic" shit.
3) the fakes. This is a ploy for a lot of people to get an extra scoop of special attention. I can understand the dysphoric being ten times what medical statistics proclaim, but not a hundred times and certainly not the thousand we are getting now. It's a fad.
4) the damage. The activists don't give a goddamn about women, about children, about sexual minorities, they are not helping anyone and they do a lot of harm. A lot of teenagers are going to live out their later lives without pieces they were born with or with permanent endocrine disorders from puberty blockers and worse. And they don't care.
Edit: I enjoy seeing your exasperation at people like Rob. I really feel like sometimes your equanimity toward plain old liars edges into role-playing and that "god damn asinine" response gave me a smile.
For me it's more than just the dishonesty.
1) the extent to which people who should know better have bought into this stuff. People with graduate degrees who will state "a trans woman is a woman" even if the conversion is mere minutes old
2) the extremity. Even the most supportive people who disagree on one tiny point are indistinguishable from people who say they should all be shot. When you repeated that "a trans woman is a man" Rob immediately went back to that tired-ass "transphobic" shit.
3) the fakes. This is a ploy for a lot of people to get an extra scoop of special attention. I can understand the dysphoric being ten times what medical statistics proclaim, but not a hundred times and certainly not the thousand we are getting now. It's a fad.
4) the damage. The activists don't give a goddamn about women, about children, about sexual minorities, they are not helping anyone and they do a lot of harm. A lot of teenagers are going to live out their later lives without pieces they were born with or with permanent endocrine disorders from puberty blockers and worse. And they don't care.
Edit: I enjoy seeing your exasperation at people like Rob. I really feel like sometimes your equanimity toward plain old liars edges into role-playing and that "god damn asinine" response gave me a smile.
"𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘣. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦-𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 "𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦" 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦."
Me too, but his voice is too valuable to see it erased from Medium. I'd really hate to see that happen.
Given that he writes so often about "trans" I am astonished that Roger (he/him) hasn't sent him an email yet.
It just happened with one of my Medium favorites. This article about the phenonium is well stated.
https://medium.com/lucid-nightmare/i-finally-got-my-first-warning-after-four-years-of-writing-ba3ae33eadc7