Hard to argue with that. No one's even saying what it was this professor was teaching that resulted in her firing.

As for the student, I'm partly convinced she was paid for her actions. Just a hunch. These things never come out of nowhere.

Now some viewpoints truly are offensive, but those are only the ones that demand a specific way of living from others, often times when those conditions do not fill their needs.

ALL of this to say that, once people realize that, we can have a REAL, MEANINGFUL, RESPECTFUL conversation. Only then.

...all equally deserving of recognition, respect, and courtesy. My need to express myself a certain way does not detract from someone else's need to experience spirituality, which is also valid.

We have fooled ourselves into thinking that difference is not only worse, but offensive. (3/?)

...have lost sight of how our lives affect other people's. As if all of us live in an impervious, see through bubble.

Those different from us have different values, different problems, and different solutions. But at the end of the day, way too many people have forgotten that we are... (2/?)

No, no! I just was busy with family stuff!

Transphobia is pervasive, you're right, and voting Rep is just a no go. The problem, when you drill down even just a little bit, is that we have, all of us, lost our sense of TRUE community.

There are many things to blame, but whatever they are, we (1/?)

A good effort, but this comes as an entire nation seems hell-bent on misunderstanding trans people. His voice won't move the needle. I guarantee some "allies" will panic and flee from the community over this, seeing us as too risky for their image.

Yes!

I came over to my other account to do so.

In short, he is normalizing transphobia within the only opposition party worth mentioning. If it becomes normalized, how long will it be before Dems just stop even trying to protect us.

When everyone agrees you don't matter, how do you live?