Not being able to define gender in a watertight way that includes everybody's experiences doesn't excuse the common behaviour of strawpersonning trans people's views on what gender entails and what consequences follow from it.
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It is, itself, a refutation of your argument, something trans people have to deal with that has nothing to do with whatever fucking practical cost/benefit analysis you think is involved in "becoming a man" I or whatever
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Damn this is a great thread. And Helen just locked her account. Was she actually beginning to come around?
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Have you ever considered that these people spew this kind of hate because their lives are empty and meaningless? Ignore them, don't engage them, don't give them an opportunity to connect to other haters through detractors of your friends. They aren't worth your time.
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Said better: "Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance." --Eric Hoffer
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