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Originally Posted by Niamh.
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I would rather not discuss it with you either but if you post something like that about Graham Linehan which I believe so strongly to be wrong, how can I not say something about it?!
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Whether you think I'm right or wrong, or Graham was right or wrong (on this issue generally), his obsession did cost him his marriage, which is the post you replied to. That was a factual and non-controversial statement.
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Originally Posted by Niamh.
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You're saying I don't want people to be treated with respect? Why? I mean I could say I, as a woman feel disrespected when language around women is changed, when I'm referred to as a bodily function or body part (in ways that men strangely are not)but that position isn't valid on "your side" why does it only work one way?
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I'm not interested in repeating this over and over again. Women have always been 2nd class citizens, and you've been kept that way primarily because of one prevailing ideology in the world, and that has never come from people who think like I do. I think that's a non-controversial statement that you would probably agree with.
However, the same ideology that has carefully managed women's suffrage, in the same way that they've managed conditions for other minorities, is now suddenly propping women up to tell them that this other group is attacking them.
The same kind of person, incidentally, that has just stripped reproductive rights away in the US, or that will be the first to write "her skirt was too short" every single time a woman is attacked. These are the people you think are standing up for you, rather than using you to pit against another group. The struggles for women are real and depressing, but not because there is a single trans person on this planet.
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Originally Posted by Niamh.
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I don't want to fall out with you at all, you're one of my favorite people on here. I was taken a bit aback when you brought my children in to it, hence the defensiveness when answering that question.
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There is no logic in the anti-trans movement (apart from sports, as I see it), and not a single thing I say could change your mind, so I did actually want you to feel that whiplash, because I know you're a loving ma who would stand alone against the 7 billion people on the planet when it came to protecting your kids (I just didn't expect you to make that insinuation).
People write all kinds of weird and strange stuff about trans people on here that I ignore, because I don't really give a sh1t, but it pains me when people I like, and that would never dream of attacking any other minority group, feels as though this is ok. The fight is for equality for everyone; we already have a tiered system.
Time is going to tell what happens. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe scientists will identify a chemical imbalance in 5 hours time, than can be cured with a sherbet lemon, and I'll happily hold my hands up, but what these people are going through is real, and I'd still rather be the person that is willing to offer support rather than piling on.
Anyway, I didn't want to leave it where it was for obvious reasons, so I've replied here, but I probably won't reply on the topic again. I'll just post my posts, and let everyone else post theirs.