God forbid you know about the things you write about!
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Cis journalists get to write articles about trans issues in nationally published newspapers and don't even know incredibly basic stuff like this.https://twitter.com/jenoconnell/status/1335168048404307968 …
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tfw ur a great ally
'thoughtful debate' oh you mean hate groups getting a free pass to attack trans kids?
'most of the rest of us are quietly supporting them' is doing a lot of work here.pic.twitter.com/fcJWrR2oYX
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here she props up the idea of the 'good trans', the one who is quiet and docile and proper, one who doesn't make a fuss (the kind she and her ilk 'quietly support')
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support has to be quiet, trans ppl have to be quiet. why so much noise? it was nicer when i didn't have to think about this stuff! let's all just be nice and polite and quiet :)
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'hear other views' which other views on trans issues should we be hearing? are you saying this because you think there are trans people we need to be consulting more? or because we need to listen more to cis people who take issue with us?pic.twitter.com/bC77CmEEJ9
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this whole article resolves in the typical defensive stance that faux supportive people take; trans issues are 'too complicated' and we need to slow down and be allowed to make mistakes.
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well, there are trans people all over the world who need rights NOW. TODAY. YESTERDAY. i do not want to slow down for them. you need to pick up the damn pace
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too tough for you? too complicated for you? ok that's fine. then have the self-awareness to not act like an authority on it.
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our lives and rights are not mere intellectual issues for you to ~politely~ muse over, there are real world consequences to dragging our feet
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'you can't expect everyone to know obscure trans stuff!' i don't expect everyone to know! i do expect journalists who publish articles to know, but yes that is very silly of me to expect anything from journalists
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genuinely i am expecting her response to this to be along the lines of 'see! look at these transsexuals! look how they rage!' and then completely ignore anything any of us has said
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