𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝔂𝓷𝓷  💎

In order to be fair to my critics and perhaps partially unmilkshake duck myself, I think I have to address the specific complaints about my allowing @jessesingal to profile me. Thread:

I've been reluctant to do this so far because it necessarily involves saying things that will likely dig me even deeper into the hole.

To begin with: I sincerely do not believe that Jesse is a TERF. I would not consent to be profiled by someone I think is a TERF.

When I first started interacting with Jesse, several people warned me that he was transphobic. I looked up his articles and found some statements about childhood transition in particular that I found potentially problematic, but saw no sign of full-blown transphobia.

(I'm well aware that most of trans Twitter strongly disagrees with me about this).

I'm trying to listen to your criticisms and give them fair consideration. And I agree that Jesse has signal-boosted some problematic stuff, and that he has defensively lashed out at many of those who've pointed this out.

But the common sentiment that Jesse is a raging TERF who hates trans people is strongly discordant with my own take on his past articles and my personal interaction with him.