The problem of SJWs

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adifferentname, I doubt being respectful regardless of gender is somehow bigotry... and what party? Does this site have unions too? This is mere text, and in no way does any of this constitute homogenous enforcement or however... also, I'm not sure where the scene of the verbal lynching was situated, but surely it's at least an improvement over extremists IRL after which death does occur... funny, ultimately, how you request respect for your brand of politics but seem to do the same thing you accuse others of...

Opinion. Mine is different.



I'm not mocking them for being trans, I'm mocking them for making an unreasonable demand and getting heated when it's not complied with; that's not anti-trans, that's anti-jerk. Before you reply, remember that I get to decide for myself what is and is not reasonable.



Being a vulnerable population doesn't make them immune to criticism, or yes, mockery. I don't need the lecture on how badly trans people have it, the AS group I founded has a very active trans support group, and my wedding featured a "man of honor", as my bride's best friend had transitioned (everyone addressed him as 'he' or 'him', like any other man), that I'm weary of endless arguing over trans issues does not mean I have anything against trans people. Before you even say it, yes, I also have black friends, it's not a clever observation.

I choose to treat trans people exactly like I treat anyone else, which includes addressing them as Mister, Miss, Missus, etc according to which gender they prefer, but does not include imaginary terms like zer or zim, or awkward terminology like referring to someone as 'they' at all times when speaking to them. This is exactly the same level of accommodation I expect as an AS person, or for that matter, as someone with an unusual first name that's similar to several much more common names, e.g. I'll wear earplugs at work rather than force everyone else to accommodate my volume tolerance, and I don't get irate at people mangling my name repeatedly, as I'm the odd man out and it's not reasonable to impose on the world at large just to make things easier for me.

Now, if you've defined "bullying" down to the point where making fun of someone's (subjectively) unreasonable demands counts as bullying, well then I'm not particularly interested in your opinion on my character, as obviously words and concepts mean very different things to you than to the general population. Perhaps I also just have a higher opinion of the resiliency of transgendered people than you do, seeing as how I actually know and interact with so many of them, that I think they'd be okay with me turning a skeptical eye to certain pronoun choices.

All I'm going to say to this is that it's really easy to say this has nothing to do with gender when you have no issues with your own gender and you don't know or care for anyone personally who does have issues with their gender. Ignorance is a comfortable place to judge from, it would seem.

The real fun part is that the video I posted shows the social justice brigade crashing a college Republicans type group meeting, so if anyone's safe space is being violated, it's the conservatives who's club it is.

I would suggest you share that video with your many trans friends, with the same mocking comment you attached to it here, and see how they feel about it. Let them judge for themselves.

Do you know anagram's personal situation regarding gender, or are you judging from ignorance?

The chair of that meeting admits himself that he invited everyone to join their discussions, so no one was "crashing" anything. Did you even watch the whole video?

They know my opinions, they agree that some people go overboard, and that it damages their cause. Say, overbearing "allies" on social media...

We have spoken privately, actually, and I have read many of his public posts where he talks about himself and his past relationships and opinions about things. Nice attempt at a "gotcha!", though.

Sorry, I don't always police my language for 100% technical accuracy when speaking informally, mea culpa. My point is that they were in someone else's space creating hostility, something that social justice people often complain about.

I didn't ask you to share your opinions with them, I asked (and now I am daring you) to share that video and your comment on it about how you can't parody these people because they do it themselves.

Try reading what I actually wrote next time. It makes a world of difference.

So, you know for a fact that no one he cares about has any gender identity issues? He must talk about himself much more than I realized, in order to cover everyone he knows and all.

I swear I didn't use telepathy to formulate a response.

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The extent of my private conversations with him are none of your business.

I actually posted a much snarkier caption on Facebook. No, I'm not linking, I'm not doxxing myself (get it?) on WP to win some sort of bravery debate.