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Aculo posted...

the trans community had a trump-style freakout because her opinions didn't exactly match theirs

There's being upset because one's opinion is that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is better than the original trilogy, and then there's being upset because one's opinion is that your existence and life experience are illegitimate and don't deserve recognition or acceptance. "Opinion" is a very broad term. Some opinions are rather meaningless in the grand scheme of things, and being upset over differences is indeed silly. Other opinions form the basis for full-on systematic oppression, and being upset over differences in those opinions is mandatory to secure passable quality of life for those affected.

Dismissing anything as "just an opinion" without putting any thought into the significance of that opinion is lazy at best and outright malicious at worst. But then thinly-veiled anti-trans posts are your thing, so nobody's really surprised.

Clench281 posted...

JK was mocking the use of specific and intentional language. Her suggestion of saying "women" instead of "people who menstruate" was, at best, medically or scientifically exclusionary and inaccurate. At worst, she was intentionally casting aside transpersons from being part of the discussion.

And given her history of insisting that transgenderism isn't legitimate, there's a pretty good chance it's the latter. Bonus points where it seems like this was purely a cry for attention because nobody had been talking about her in the wake of the more important things going on in the world.

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