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Old 17-09-2020, 10:43 PM #73
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I actually agree that her rhetoric has strayed slightly away from her original valid points and into a tribalistic mindset. The response to her initial comments from (I would hope) a small but very focal subsection of the trans rights movement was vicious, aggressive and threatening with threats/wishing of sexual violence etc. and I think, sadly, instead of just criticising those extreme elements she "went defensive" and started playing into the classic polarised social media game. But then I also still think that anyone who wants to simple say "meh, transphooobe" or go down the route of miscellaneous name calling is doing exactly the same.

She should have stuck to writing opinion pieces about the issue if she wanted to raise awareness of the valid concerns... She should (in my opinion) have steered well clear of a social media back-and-forth. It's not just "unsurprising" that it descended into something a hundred miles from the original point - it's basically inevitable.
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