tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7494799291976253803..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Collapse Of The Identity-Politics ParadigmFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-36856833753285725672017-02-03T21:53:13.661-05:002017-02-03T21:53:13.661-05:00Dystopic,
I too am a transsexual woman. Like Blai...Dystopic,<br /> I too am a transsexual woman. Like Blair White and Amy, I take pride in who I am and in my appearance. You would probably be very surprised if you ever met me in person and no doubt never realize that I am not a natal female furthermore, I am willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of my other trans friends are just as I am. There are actually quite a lot more women just like Blaire, Amy and myself than you'd ever suspect. You'll never see any of us associating with the SJW types or even many lgbt folks for that matter. We go about our business like anyone else and go unnoticed in society. None of us play the identity politics game but that's not to say that we are not engaged in effecting equality legislation. We just do it from a position of equals and engage in constructive dialog. <br /> I don't try to act like a woman or try to dress like a woman, there's no "try" because I am a woman albeit with a different history. Jayne Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706358953404027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-13776405221970920322017-02-03T18:14:01.796-05:002017-02-03T18:14:01.796-05:00Dystopic, that's fair. I know I personally ha...Dystopic, that's fair. I know I <i>personally</i> have never asked for anything from anyone else, other than to be treated as one would treat any other woman. I, in turn, do my best to dress, look, sound, and act like any other woman. But I don't do so for the benefit of other people; I do it for <i>me</i>, to help my outer appearance mirror the self-image of the woman I am inside.<br /><br />In some respects, you're right; being trans <i>is</i> weird. It's weird even to those of us who are living through it. I know I've spent a lot of time speculating on how and why I became what I am, even if I ultimately remember the response of another trans woman to those kind of questions: <i>"Are you looking for something to blame?"</i><br /><br />I know a few people who look like you describe, although those are primarily drag queens in performance costumes. (Many are members of a local charity group charmingly called the "Denver Cycle Sluts.") They're nice people, though no one would <i>ever</i> mistake them for cis women unless they were really, <i>really</i> drunk. An actual trans woman looking to transition, such as I am, takes <i>far</i> more care with her appearance than that.Amy Bowersoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076323336759224116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-75055526049219072802017-02-03T10:12:36.900-05:002017-02-03T10:12:36.900-05:00I follow Blaire on Twitter, and she's a good e...I follow Blaire on Twitter, and she's a good egg. Yeah, to be honest, the trans thing is a little squicky. And I really don't know if folks like that would be better helped with counseling or some other such thing. Maybe, maybe not. I'm no expert on that stuff.<br /><br />Long story short, I think trans is strange. Bizarre, even. Yet, Blaire is a human being with all the God-given rights that ought to imply. In other words, I can't say I approve of what she's done, but I'll tolerate it and won't mistreat her for those choices. It is, after all, her life and not mine. None of my business, in other words. That's been my default with such people for quite some time now.<br /><br />What irritates me about the Left's approach to this, is that they demand I not only approve of what they do, but celebrate it, make it a mission in life. Even, I should note, when they do it badly. Blaire looks, acts, and sounds like a woman. She's clearly made every effort to do this thing right. SJWs, of course, often don't even bother to shave. A bearded man running around with pink hair in a skirt, saying "I'm a genderqueer Oscar Meyer wiener, accept me, celebrate me." No, no. It doesn't work that way.<br /><br />So if someone wants to do what Blaire has done, that's their own business. I don't ask for their approval for the things I do, and neither should they ask for my approval for their actions. It'a a fallacy to think anybody needs that. After all, the West is the Best. We don't throw people off of buildings for being weird.<br /><br />SJWs, on the other hand, would probably love to throw people off of buildings for being normal. So there's that.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-46714498826792532912017-02-03T07:16:50.389-05:002017-02-03T07:16:50.389-05:00"We are, after all, individualists."
I&..."We are, after all, individualists."<br /><br />I'm not sure I agree. We might have crossed a tipping point. Trump's election suggests that White identitarian politics has arrived. After decades of demonization and vilification by the Left, some sort of White response should have been expected.<br /><br />If extremists on the Right begin rioting, too, we will be full-Weimerica, and God help us all.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-87046670230825362032017-02-02T19:20:33.247-05:002017-02-02T19:20:33.247-05:00There's more of us out there, I'm beginnin...There's more of us out there, I'm beginning to find. I'm now a member of a Facebook group called "Trans on the Right" that has 71 members currently, and we've been sharing amongst ourselves, as well as documenting our attempts at dialogue with those on the Left. In fact, I spotted this post when I came to your site to find your words about self-defense that I could mention in a comment to a post there.<br /><br />Many of us, just as we reject having to swallow the entire Leftist agenda, don't appreciate being used as one of the Left's "designated victim" groups. We're quite capable of standing up for ourselves, thank you!<br /><br />There are, however, even groups on the Left that reject trans women as a whole, the ones we call "TERFs" (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists). They consider us to be "men in drag" that are "invading" women's spaces. Sounds an awful lot like what some of the social conservatives say about us, doesn't it?Amy Bowersoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076323336759224116noreply@blogger.com