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Ollie Parks's avatar

"What happens when people start talking out?"

Among some Democrats, a sliver of the readership are gender critical and supportive.

Most are still all-in on Team Trans. They're in anguish over the perils facing "trans kids." Now that Trump has added his weight and chaos to the fight to curb the excesses of trans activism and negate gender ideology, those good liberal and progressive trans allies have brought their understandable hatred of Trump to bear on anyone or any source that questions any aspect of orthodox trans culture and beliefs.

It isn't even clear that they know there is a centrist sex-realist movement that has no ties to MAGA, Trump, religious fanatics or zealous activists like Chris Rufo. If they did, it might nor make a difference because we would still be seen as being "mean to gay people," in the words of the enthusiastic gay trans ally and Never-Trump podcaster Tim Miller.

Their response to objections about trans-identified males crashing women's sports follows the same pattern with a few exceptions:

Deny that it is a problem; ("So few trans girls . . . and sports is about character building, etc., not competition.")

Attack the messenger or the movement. ("They're bullying trans people.")

Reverse victim and Offender ("Those women won't let those poor, vulnerable, marginalized trans women play with them.")

The mnemonic is DARVO.

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John Mirenda's avatar

An answer to the question of "how did this happen to these institutions" may be that when you don't believe in God, you'll believe anything.

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