Simple indeed

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Ophelia Benson

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Sir, that’s not the issue.

Nobody is saying trans people don’t have a “right to exist”.

The issue is not existence, it’s trans ideology. People who claim to be the sex they’re not exist, but they’re wrong (or lying) about themselves.

This isn’t a particularly odd or extreme claim. People are often wrong about themselves.

Of course people who claim to be trans have the “right to exist” but it doesn’t follow that they have the right to force us all to agree that they are the sex they are not.

Pretending their “right to exist” is contested is typical of the manipulative bullshit that gender ideology is drowning in.

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6 responses to “Simple indeed”

  1. Papito Avatar
    Papito

    When courts rule that public schools cannot require prayer, Christians aren’t being denied the right to exist. They can exist any way they want to elsewhere, and according to the same rules as everyone else while at school.

    Likewise, trans-identifying males can exist any way they want to in their own spaces, but have to follow the same rules as everyone else regarding sports teams.

    Has Pritzker ever asked himself once just why being able to parade about with their dongs out around naked girls under a gag order is so important to these lads?

  2. Sumi Avatar
    Sumi

    JB Pritzger’s cousin is Col. Jennifer Pritzger, the first trans billionaire. Family ties plus virtue signaling, who among us could resist?

  3. twiliter Avatar
    twiliter

    “Right to exist” is virtually meaningless. Something (or someone) either exists or it doesn’t. Existing *as* something is another story, but applying rights to that again requires much more unpacking, such as what specific rights? Mere existence in this context doesn’t make sense. Maybe people who utter such nonsense know what they mean by it, but I sure don’t. Do trillionaires have the right to exist? I find it a nonsensical question but we can talk about the morality of it or whether it’s fair, or what the implications are in the wider world. Trans people exist, and of course they have rights as human beings, but maybe there are some out there, maybe some evil psychopaths or something, who would stamp them out of existence if possible. But no, people who understand that it’s not possible to actually change sex are not those. If you dig a little bit further into this message, it starts to look rather hateful.

  4. Piglet Avatar
    Piglet

    Likewise, trans-identifying males can exist any way they want to in their own spaces, but have to follow the same rules as everyone else regarding sports teams.

    The problem is that the fundamental tenet of their belief is that “transgirls” are a subset of girls, not a subset of boys. There’s all this wailing about “kids who just want to play sports with their friends” but boys have never been able to play on the girls’ team, even if they’re friends with all the girls, and no matter how sad they are about it. Arguing with religious fundamentalists never works, the only thing you can ever do is make them leave you in peace by going to court about it.

    And every time Trump does something heinous, which is every day with a Y in it, there’ll be someone whose politics I normally agree with, sarcastically saying “but hey, at least there’s a trans girl in Utah who can’t play volleyball with her friends so it’s all worth it”. And I always think, why was this worth so much to YOU? Why was it so important to you that everyone is forced to pretend that a sad boy is really a girl? Why did you have to make yourselves out to be untrustworthy liars over something everyone can see, when public trust is so important for things like vaccines and climate change? Why did you think a few unhappy lads who felt too special to play volleyball with the other boys were worth handing Trump such a massive own goal? He’s always harping on “men in women’s sports” even though we all know the only thing he appreciates about women’s sports are teen girls in tight outfits. They’ll never own the part they played in this.

  5. J.A. Avatar
    J.A.

    Papito, is drag time story hour still a popular thing? I haven’t seen an example of one in the news for months, so I’m wondering if our elementary schools and public libraries have quietly stopped sponsoring them. The fact that drag queens are so highly sexualized should have long ago been a reason to not hold such events for children.

  6. Papito Avatar
    Papito

    J.A., I wouldn’t know if drag time story hour is still a popular thing. It’s not the sort of thing I’d seek out; I’ve never been to one and wouldn’t bring my kids to one. I always found the idea in bad taste. A public library during story time is just not the right place for drag queens.

    A dimly lit bar or theatre in the evening makes so much more sense. But if a queen wants me to come out (and maybe bring my kids), he should sing well and make me laugh too. Drag queen story hours annoy me in many ways, but only offend me in one – talentless hacks don’t deserve to be celebrated.

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