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[–]julesburm1891 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.

I’d also add that they refuse to have any civil discussion about trans issues even though they have massive effects for 99% of the population. They’re too busy screeching transphobia to understand that the majority of people have real concerns.

[–]cutenoobies 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whenever someone wants discussion about the motives of the movement, they shout "NO DEBATE!", that's because they know their arguments wouldn't stand in actual fact based discussion.

[–]julesburm1891 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I mean, did you see the White House press conference where a journalist asked Psaki what guidelines the president has in place for schools handling complaints and lawsuits in regards to trans girls competing against girls in sports? Psaki pretended she didn’t understand the very plain question, the journalist repeated it, and Psaki answer was literally just, “Trans rights are human rights.” They can’t answer basic, pertinent questions from people who are on their side let alone have conversations about peoples’ hesitancies and concerns.

[–]GoValidateYourselfuseful lesbian 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly! Their entire base of support is predicated on ignorance of the issues, or activists and policymakers pretending to be ignorant. I have never seen this in other activist movements. That's why I'm like 90% sure transactivism will fail. No movement totally predicated on either malice or ignorance can hold up forever.

Other examples of this are people saying "this never happens!" to cotton ceiling bullshit, or transwomen raping women in prisons or shelters, or transwomen being sex pests, or gaydens harassing gay men and being ridiculously homophobic. "This never happens" meaning they are pretending they don't see it, so they don't have to take responsibility.

But a politician replying to a straightforward, specific question about trans policy with feigned ignorance, and then a slogan/platitude is the deathwatch beetle of the trans movement.