Chill down. First of all I admitted I was wrong, as long as a person is open to discussion and exchange of ideas to say that their input is not appreciated is stupidity of a major magnitud. I'm not from the US, so I might be as versed as some of you but I still like to engage in discussions. They generate growth, and I did not come here disrespecting anyone until you came to shit on what I said.
You consider me a transphobe? Man you can fuck right off, I might hold some misguided views but I accept everyone as it is and I feel sad for so many of the struggles that trans people have to go through. You clearly don't know me, you are a clown to spew venom like that.
Ok... now I need to chill it seems. I'm as far from the far right as you are from tolerance.
I came here to expose what I perceived from the episode based on my world view and open for it to be challenged and changed with reasonable arguments. You shutting me down does nothing more than divide, get off your ivory tower and understand that a reasonable and open exchange of ideas between grown up people in an open way can lead to growth.
Learn to differentiate between a MAGA meat head and someone open to have their views challenged. Sorry but the pre judging of someone pisses me off, even if I was wrong, there is no excuse for what you labeled me as.
If you will take the time to carefully reread my post, you'll see that nowhere in it did I accuse you of being a transphobe. I did, however, say that you were spouting typical transphobic talking points, and that you were making a very suspect impression as to your motivations in posting them. As some others here have pointed out (thanks, peeps!), we trans are bombarded
daily with the precise, cisspeculative boilerplate ("We need to watch for those exploiting gray areas", "We need to be able to have this conversation/ask tough questions", "We need to ensure fairness for [cis people too]", etc.) that you reeled off in your post. As such, we're perpetually forced into constant "explanation mode" to combat uninformed and irresponsible notions, which is exhausting and can cause patience to run short.
This forum (fortunately) possesses a fairly respectable representation among its membership, and one which is pressed by necessity to be regularly vocal. We have thread after thread on this board (cited here and in other trans-related discussions active this very day) attempting to educate and enlighten sincere aspirants with answers on the trans experience. When the
exact same refrains keep issuing forth in spite of these prodigious efforts, it can't fail but to give the impression that we're being ignored, not listened to, instead shouted down with dubious, even disingenuous canards cooked up by non-transgender people, often with nefarious intent. How do you anticipate we will react when cis people come swooping in to advertise their opinions on trans-related matters, without first bothering to check, ask, or consider trans folks' thoughts and feelings on the matter? Especially when those opinions
so often and "coincidentally" resemble said harmful boilerplate?
Instead of defensively recoiling from my admittedly (and, I think, justifiably) sharp rebuke with a discourse-killing "fuck you", how about pausing for a moment to maybe contemplate how your statements could have provoked such an impassioned response from a trans person? (Although I see several other trans voices have ably and thankfully chimed in to maybe enlighten you on the matter.)
