davidagain

Fragile masculinity

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On the other hand, it was Douglas Reynholm's only successful relationship ever, she was the only woman he ever really loved or respected, and he only ruined it all by unearthing his stupid baseless prejudice. We can conclude that if you just drop your prejudice you might actually be happy at last.

Vinnie Jones on meth.

It has never mattered to trump whether something it true or not, it only ever matters who says nice things about him and who gives him money.

Brit here. I had no idea about the rock formations under the Irish sea. None whatsoever. I don't think it's on the GCSE geography syllabus!

Estimating by the next reply you got, maybe they're being sarcastic on a long timescale.

This is really clarifying, thanks. It makes so much more sense now. The irrational assertion that is a choice is real for them. They don't understand that other people aren't bi. They think homosexual people have chosen the minority route out of some sort of stubbornness and that of they just up the social legal penalties it'll reduce the number of people publicly living the life that they secretly crave to explore but can't bear to admit to.

Oh, you're a conservative! No wonder you didn't pay attention to anything I said, ignored all the main points I made and showed all the empathy of a two year old.

You hide your hate behind clever sounding words.

Yet this is what you object to, what you want to debate, what you want to discuss philosophically:

even if you don’t necessarily hate them, it’s transphobic to believe that a trans person’s identity is worth less or is less valid that a cis person’s, even if you don’t feel any malice for trans people.

Your "respectful philosophical discussion" about whether trans identities are valid or worth as much as other people's is deeply and profoundly disrespectful and hurtful.

Why can't you just accept that some people are different to you, and you can just let them be without telling them that they're wrong about who they are?

Being invalidated upsets trans people. Suicide rates are alarmingly high in the community because of that kind of whole-being rejection. Your transphobic pontifications are idle speculation for you but can be powerfully upsetting for trans people. I don't know how you can be so devoid of empathy or emotional intelligence that you don't get that or so low on reading comprehension that you couldn't deduce it from context. Trans people need protecting from people discussing whether they have a right to exist.

This is the bit you object to?

it’s transphobic to believe that a trans person’s identity is worth less or is less valid that a cis person’s, even if you don’t feel any malice for trans people.

So invalidating a trans person's whole identity doesn't count as transphobic in your view, and you go on to object to moderation actions being taken on these grounds! You claim you want more dialogue but what you actually want is moderators to tolerate your transphobic pontifications without consequences for you, never mind the affect on other people's mental health.