𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝔂𝓷𝓷  💎

However, alongside this shit are some genuine and heartfelt criticisms of me from people whose primary motive is not just to tear me down, and I should not lump these people in with the other group. I'm sorry I did that.

I want to hear out these criticisms and provide an earnest response. I'm told that my responding to individual critics is tantamount to inciting others to harass them (and maybe it is, this is a shit site), so I'll summarize the main points myself.

(Just to get everyone caught up here, I'm being criticized for proposing to make a video titled "Are Traps Gay?")

1: "The term 'trap' is a slur that reflects a mind set that gets trans women murdered." I'm acutely aware, and spreading awareness about this is one of the primary goals of the proposed video.

2: "Calling the video 'Are Traps Gay' is a terrible way to frame this topic because it begins with the transphobic framework" That's exactly the point. Here's how my persuasive style works: you begin by emulating the bigot/normie/shitlord style—

You demonstrate fluency with their jokes, their memes, their whole way of thinking. Then you begin to unravel the worldview that you've, at first, pretended to share. Only once that's accomplished do you start building up a new way of looking at things.

The point of the initial fake-out is that it's warm and inviting. If the video is framed as "Why You're Transphobic"—no one likes that, no one listens to that. They're dead against you from the start.

People have this expectation about what an "SJW" is like: that you're angry, always outraged, humorless, tiresome, earnest to a fault. The point of ContraPoints is to have SJW-type talking points presented by a host who's nothing like that.