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[–]malleus_maleficarum[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

amidst the abundant evidence that it's not

A few years ago I'd have thought I sounded like a loon, but now it seems so reasonable to mention how thorough the trans movement has been at systematically trying to discredit and de-platform the very academics who would provide the expert testimony re: immutability. It feels highly coordinated, along with the development of mass-taggers to identify wrong-thinkers, the take-over of reddit/twitter/facebook policies...

It's another if they hope to enter a professional field where they have to interact with all kinds of people and they have no control over what they're exposed to.

I do worry about institutional capture, but I think the sheer volume of the rest of society - of the people they have to bully - will turn them into Hitler slogging through Russia. Perhaps I'm too optimistic.

They've done as predicted. Now that they've gotten women thrown off reddit and attacked women like JK Rowling, they're moving on to men: gay men's forums, Linehan, etc. And of course men are harder to bully and society cares more about their opinions when it happens.

I was a tomboy and I wanted to be a boy as a teen. I wasn't unhappy with my body or my social life, but I desperately wanted the privilege of not worrying about pregnancy, or rape, or a lifetime of catcalling and gross comments and being told girls are supposed to get married and have kids. I wanted to travel the world as a man with two pairs of khakis in a backpack, riding trains and sleeping in cheap hostels with no fear of men. I wanted men's jobs that paid well and came with respect and adventure. The TRA determination to get around the obstacle of parents, the grooming, the recruiting documented in that book sent a cold jolt through me. I'm sure that they would have tried to drag me in too, and that's horrifying.

But, I think the dam is breaking because we're all having the same jolts: "They'd have tried to get their hooks in me as a teenager" and "They're coming after every adult with boundaries and critical thinking skills." It's getting more and more personal for the bystanders.