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[–][deleted] 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

a “respectful debate” around trans people’s basic equalities

They can't even be honest in how they frame it. This is not and has never been about trans people's basic equalities. It's always been about ridiculous, overreaching demands for things that no one else has.

[–]dreamgermsbisexual nightmare 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. This isn’t about basic equalities; I would bet that a vast majority of people who are gender critical were initially supportive of the trans movement, and still support them having the same basic rights we all have. It’s about them infiltrating and dominating spaces for others, demanding everyone cater to their delusions, silencing anyone who is even remotely critical, and bullying lesbians and gay men. It’s so ridiculous and disingenuous the way they portray the gender critical side of the argument. I think it’s because a lot of them know that if you gave an honest portrayal of gender critical arguments, most reasonable people would agree. So they turn into a morality war where anyone who is critical must be a bigot, and therefore it is just and right to banish that person and censor their words. Very frustrating.