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Thousands of people discovered this before Bob did

Creationists have been doing this for as long as I’ve been alive, and now it’s the mainstream modus operandi.

I have to stop being optimistic » « First you strawman those who disagree with you, then you murder them with your car

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  1. says

    This sounds amazingly like talking to concerned transphobes who are highly interested in why trans people are so outrageously unreasonable as they go about demanding special treatment that can only hurt others.

    HEY! HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT TRANS INCLUSION IN TRADITIONALLY GENDER SEGREGATED ENVIRONMENTS? I BET YOU’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU’VE BEEN USING GENDER SEGREGATED SPACES YOUR WHOLE LIVES AND AGONIZED FOR MONTHS IF NOT YEARS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COMING OUT ON YOUR OWN LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YOU’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS HAVE YOU? BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS ARE ********COMPLETELY UNSOLVABLE********* AND IF YOU MAKE A DECENT POINT, I’LL JUST SAY, “BUT WHAT ABOUT RAPE VICTIMS?” AND CONTINUE ON AS IF MY IGNORANCE IS MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR YEARS OF CAREFUL THOUGHT.

    Gods of lactic acid, those people are tiresome.

  5. says

    CD: I can’t tell you what to do with your own time, but I, for one, would greatly miss your voice on this issue. Your comments and OPs have been WAAAY more intelligent, mature and informative than about 90% of blog threads on the same subject, most of which just get spammed up, bogged down and buried in childish stupid hate of the “XX and XY are scientific facts, therefore trans people have no rights, so shut up, that’s why!” variety.

  6. bodach says

    Crip Dyke, what about ME? I come here for all the free content on biology, politics, and trans issues and would miss your input quite a lot.
    Never knew much about anything before, Please keep it coming and thanks!

  7. davidc1 says

    @4 “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”
    Not said by what’s his face ,according to The Atlantic .

  10. Tethys says

    Yes, this is standard gaslighting. It doesn’t matter if you can prove they are full of shit, because they aren’t listening.

    I would absolutely miss CD comments and posts. They are always worth a read, and are detailed, and clearly very thoughtful.

    Nothing the latest transphobe has said would be missed. I read the latest turd she dropped. My blood pressure did not appreciate it, or her vile baiting.

  11. DanDare says

    One more CD supporter here. Even if you do stop now I thank you for all you have taught me.

  12. erichoug says

    See? See, right there, you’re making a mistake.
    Never argue with Flerfers.
    Never.
    It should go like this
    “The earth is FLAT! The Satanist Golbists are lying to you!”
    “That’s nice, Sweetie.”

    And that’s all you really need to do. Even that may be too much. It might just be better to blink twice, point and laugh.