Omigod he means ALL women

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Jan 14th, 2022 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Is it still 2015?

Let me be very clear – when I talk about making society and spaces safer for women, I mean ALL women. Big women, small women, short women, tall women, trans women.
Because trans women are women, and no amount of transphobic bile in my mentions is going to change that.

— Philip O'Connor (@philipoconnor) January 14, 2022

How original. ALL women, including men. Yes dear, we know, we’ve heard it before. We’ve replied before. It seems a bit dim to be saying that at this late date as if it were a brand new and interesting thought.

Also, big, small, short, tall, aren’t the same kind of modifier as “not.” Big and small women are of course women. Men who call themselves women are not comparable to big or small women for purposes of argument. Men are not women by definition, so no, you can’t just say “Wull small women are women so why can’t men be women?” It’s dumb.

And then “transphobic bile” and “my mentions” – you sound like a teenager. Do you want to sound like a teenager?

Apparently he does.

This is not an invitation to a discussion, because the inherent dignity of any human being is never up for debate.
Going on a transphobic rant in my mentions is telling the world who you are, before getting summarily blocked.

— Philip O'Connor (@philipoconnor) January 14, 2022

Inherent dignity has nothing to do with claiming to be something you’re not and then bullying anyone who doesn’t passionately agree with you and talk solemn nonsense about your inherent dignity. Nothing.

“Transphobic rant,” “my mentions” [again!] – it’s all so childish. Maek you look silly. And “summarily” blocked? What, because we were expecting trial by jury? Get over yourself.

4 Responses to “Omigod he means ALL women”

#1
Holms
January 14, 2022 at 1:40 pm

He sounds like the sort of person that would say “your ____ is duly noted.”
#2
twiliter
January 14, 2022 at 2:15 pm

Bless his little dipshit heart. :P

Don’t turn off replies, dude. There are trans “women” who want to shower you with praise. Be brave.
#3
Blood Knight in Sour Armor
January 14, 2022 at 6:23 pm

Inherent dignity not up for debate? What dignity *is* inherent to human beings? We’re irrational, fairly dim, violent, tribal, emotional, cruel, etc…

Debate me bro…
#4
tigger_the_wing
January 15, 2022 at 1:55 am

Riffing off previous comparisons to bats, from a British Isles perspective:

Let me be very clear – when I talk about making society and spaces safer for bats, I mean ALL bats. Greater horseshoe bats, lesser horseshoe bats, pipistrelle bats, noctule bats, bat-eating great tits.

Because bat-eaters are bats, and no amount of bat-eating-phobic bile in my mentions is going to change that.

Funny, isn’t it, how spotting one not-thing in a list of things is a skill all humans start to hone from an early age; I recall it being a popular spot on Sesame Street for my baby sister (born in 1970), as it has been now for generations of tots.

Whenever we spot a twit including men-claiming-to-be-women in a list of women perhaps we should start including links to Sesame Street for those deprived adults, who evidently never watched it.