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I’ll have to correct you on one point - I’m pansexual and somewhat genderqueer, but I’m not trans, and can’t in good conscience accept that label in this discourse. I’ve wondered about it at times, but I think my experience of gender is different to trans people’s.

You keep saying ‘it’s simple’ but apparently it isn’t for a significant percentage of the population. That’s what I’m getting at. You framing it as ‘either you accept them or you don’t’:

Brought you out of the greys to say yeah, I don’t object to any of that. I mentioned this in another reply, but when I said ‘boycott’ I probably misspoke - boycotting her is fine, but the way this boycott has come about and the discourse that constantly surrounds her is what I find more unhelpful.

Been getting a lot of ‘You used XYZ terminology, THAT MUST MEAN YOU’RE A TRANSPHOBE!’ in the replies. To be clear:

Another banger by knappsterbot!

Sorry, does ‘left-wing enough’ mean ‘leftist’ now? See, why would I bother with your strawmen?

Oh I see what you mean.

‘Fringe’ might not have been the right term. But I’m not using it in the sense of ‘something that hardly ever happens.’ I’m using it in the sense of ‘in the outer areas of what we consider X.’

The examples you use there are skirting the issue. The real question is: Can a blonde-haired, blue eyed Norwegian with zero African heritage identify as black just because they say: ‘I identify as black?’ Because that is what we’re talking about here. We’re not talking about fringe cases where someone has 25%

*Chef’s kiss* Exactly. Perfect. Thank you for that post. A pipeline is a great way of putting it.

I lol’d at ‘Happy Potter.’ If only...

Counterpoint: If a trans person honestly tells you they’re a man or woman, then accept it. Accept them.

Yawn. Sorry, is anything you’ve said based on anything but your own feelings? At least I have the courtesy to admit to mine.

using the term TRA is fucking stupid

Oh goody, there’s always one.

Yeah, I’m aware of the furor this game is causing in certain online circles. The latest I heard was a website dedicated to naming and shaming anyone who streams/supports the game.

I agree with most of what you said about the attempt at boycotting this game to be an empty gesture but I don’t see enough evidence to support this.

See Clark J Kent’s correction. It’s transformers-related

Exactly! Men like ribs, women like firs.

For sure, there’s always people who are never gonna change their minds. It’s just not everyone.