- but i also believe that we cannot demarcate acknowledgement/exploration of the Mr. Bs in this world as a purely and automatically transmisogynistic endeavor.
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
- but i also believe that we cannot demarcate acknowledgement/exploration of the Mr. Bs in this world as a purely and automatically transmisogynistic endeavor.
i suppose that we will see. my preference would still be for her not to do that, but i also hope that she will engage her critics here with sincerity and humility. i do not think that people are wrong to be hurt and upset -
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
i suppose that we will see. my preference would still be for her not to do that, but i also hope that she will engage her critics here with sincerity and humility. i do not think that people are wrong to be hurt and upset -
i love you. take care of yourself.
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
i love you. take care of yourself.
i think that is a very uncharitable accusation. it would probably have been warranted if i had treated you with even a tenth of the contempt you clearly have for me, but . . .
January 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i think that is a very uncharitable accusation. it would probably have been warranted if i had treated you with even a tenth of the contempt you clearly have for me, but . . .
are you really coming over here and proactively starting a fight with me, and then suggesting that if i *really* believed in my position then i would just ignore all critique and let it stand alone? cmon
January 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
are you really coming over here and proactively starting a fight with me, and then suggesting that if i *really* believed in my position then i would just ignore all critique and let it stand alone? cmon
not sure where i granted the validity of deploying it asa rhetorical cudgel against me. i actually don't think that happened at all. in fact i think i was very clear about it being not ok in any situation
January 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
not sure where i granted the validity of deploying it asa rhetorical cudgel against me. i actually don't think that happened at all. in fact i think i was very clear about it being not ok in any situation
i already expressed everything i felt i needed to express before you told me i ought to rescind what i said
January 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
i already expressed everything i felt i needed to express before you told me i ought to rescind what i said
that does indeed describe our material circumstances and i am grateful that i did not have to be the one to articulate it to you
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
that does indeed describe our material circumstances and i am grateful that i did not have to be the one to articulate it to you
perhaps do not tell other trans women "delete this" and then proceed to say stuff like "well you're gonna get murdered too" when they tell you no
January 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
perhaps do not tell other trans women "delete this" and then proceed to say stuff like "well you're gonna get murdered too" when they tell you no
you believe that we disagree far more than we actually do. i am under no illusions about what has begun and where it is going. but i am also not about to begin bringing my comrades in line in the manner that you have tried to do in your conversation with me.
January 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
you believe that we disagree far more than we actually do. i am under no illusions about what has begun and where it is going. but i am also not about to begin bringing my comrades in line in the manner that you have tried to do in your conversation with me.
yes. *a* holocaust is upon us. the specific holocaust to which people refer with a definite article as a matter of convention was a particular instance of a historical process that was enacted before, and has been repeated since.
January 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
yes. *a* holocaust is upon us. the specific holocaust to which people refer with a definite article as a matter of convention was a particular instance of a historical process that was enacted before, and has been repeated since.
i think you are selling yourself very short by the choices you are making in this conversation
January 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
i think you are selling yourself very short by the choices you are making in this conversation
your urging me to delete my dissent re a piece that is being received poorly by some among our comrades and introducing holocaust imagery into our dialogue as punishment for my insistence on my position. intramural: our struggle binds us together. discipline: you would have me retreat and conform.
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
your urging me to delete my dissent re a piece that is being received poorly by some among our comrades and introducing holocaust imagery into our dialogue as punishment for my insistence on my position. intramural: our struggle binds us together. discipline: you would have me retreat and conform.
please consider which of us is actually attempting to mete out intramural discipline. i am sorry that we could not interact on better terms.
January 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
please consider which of us is actually attempting to mete out intramural discipline. i am sorry that we could not interact on better terms.
you have done it twice now
January 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
you have done it twice now
my choice of phrase was intended as a shorthand allusion to the genre of post that invokes the prospect of holocaust-at-industrial-scale as attempted punishment for narrative divergence. weapon of the enemy. i have never reached for it and i will never be so tempted.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
my choice of phrase was intended as a shorthand allusion to the genre of post that invokes the prospect of holocaust-at-industrial-scale as attempted punishment for narrative divergence. weapon of the enemy. i have never reached for it and i will never be so tempted.
weird how i am not the one in this interaction tweeting Enjoy The Camps at a stranger. wonder if that's worth thinking about
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
weird how i am not the one in this interaction tweeting Enjoy The Camps at a stranger. wonder if that's worth thinking about
a man who tells me "if it was that -simple-, to upend your life and be a girl and carry on, don't you think i would have already done it?" is not my sister. he could yet be in some hypothetical with a million counterfactual asterisks. but he isn't. and he isn't a closeted anything.
January 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
a man who tells me "if it was that -simple-, to upend your life and be a girl and carry on, don't you think i would have already done it?" is not my sister. he could yet be in some hypothetical with a million counterfactual asterisks. but he isn't. and he isn't a closeted anything.
i cannot speak either to the experiences of cis men or to statistics. i have, though, personally known individuals who conform closely to the described template.
January 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
i cannot speak either to the experiences of cis men or to statistics. i have, though, personally known individuals who conform closely to the described template.