Read this as "bobcat goldthwait" first and got confused with gif.
What is a woman?
If genders a construct that's imagined, what makes it okay to judge those with different ideas about it?
Because one idea is that there's nothing wrong with being trans, and the other idea is that trans people shouldn't exist.
Fuck off.
Names are a construct that’s imagined too.
I’m imagining your name is something like “dickhead”
Very convincing... :P
social constructs aren't totally fake, they're made "real" by social reinforcement. for example, in the 1940/50s it was expected of women that they were "weak", and many who went out of line (by speaking up to their husbands, protesting, etc) were punished by being beaten or worse. the feminist and trans rights movements seek to eliminate the old roles and stereotypes assigned to gender to get rid of the real-world retaliation towards those deemed inferior. in contrast, those who seek to reinforce the old ways continue these systems of abuse.
You can have any opinion you want as long as you keep it to yourself and don't try to force anyone else to do what you want.
People can also have the opinion that you're an asshole for the opinion that you hold.
This attitude doesn't work. It's impossible to keep your opinion to yourself in some situations, like when you need to talk to someone who wants to be called by a certain pronoune, or when some decisions have to be made that affect multiple people.
We have to figure this out as a society and get people on board, there is no way around it.
