I know a lot of you will disagree with this decision on my part so let me at least tell you what I'm thinking and am hoping to accomplish.
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Laci has a huge audience, and I think a pretty diverse audience. A young audience.
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I expect the audience to be much more sympathetic to me than, say, Blaire's audience was.
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And even the Blaire debate won over a few converts. It wasn't a complete mistake, as some people suggested.
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The other people Laci is discussing gender with are Blaire, and Meghan Murphy, a very outspoken TERF.
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If I turned this down, there would be essentially no one standing up for non-binary people on this thing.
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And I think
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I know a lot of you think debating the validity of your gender ID is just a bad idea, period. And I would never ask or expect you to do that
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But the reality about NBs is: most people don't even know we exist. I'm not gonna pass on huge opportunities to spread awareness.
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