What New, Anti-Trans Devilry Is This?

[Friendly Frog]

There's a new thread on Bluesky (and probably wherever else they post)
and it's brilliant. I'm not sure if it's visible to non-users, but let's try a link.

https://bsky.app/profile/midnightpals.bsky.social/post/3knqtyoixps2s

May all her vents be filled with Diane Duane till the end of times.

 

[RedRajah]

Maths teacher sacked after refusing to use trans student’s new pronouns, tribunal told​

 

[RedRajah]

ACLU of Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Transgender Minors ​

 

[Meg]

BBC Presenters Instructed To Coddle Transphobes After J.K. Rowling Got Mad​

 

[BenPanced]

BBC Presenters Instructed To Coddle Transphobes After J.K. Rowling Got Mad​

"BBC News asserts that, by their standards, “[c]are is needed, for example with use of the term ‘transphobic’ to describe people who would not themselves accept that label.”

Boo fucking goddamned hoo. Just fucking reeks of "Mommy! He hit me back!"

 

[frimble3]

Bah, there are plenty of people who would object to being called 'transphobic' because they're not scared of no weirdos, but who would not object to someone calling them 'anti-trans'.

 

[Friendly Frog]

What is it with millionaires needing to be coddled and protected from the consequences of their own words these days? You can't move an inch lately before one comes whinging.

They'll come up with the anti-trans equivalent of 'pro-life' any day now, I reckon. Something that will sound nice and caring and will hide their nasty cargo that is anything but.

Maybe we should start calling them 'people who chose an anti-trans lifestyle'? 'cos this is a choice, in contrast to a lot of other things that get labelled 'lifestyle' these days.

 

[mccardey]

What is it with millionaires needing to be coddled and protected from the consequences of their own words these days? You can't move an inch lately before one comes whinging.

Your "millionaire" is my (well, their) "oppressed minority".

I know - you have to squint really hard, but they Will Make You squint really hard.

 

[Friendly Frog]

All that money and they keep insisting on wasting it on dull things like this. Who could have guessed becoming a millionaire makes you such dull, sour people?

Why don't we start taxing them proportionally and give them something to winge about in earnest? Win-win! Save a millionaire, tax their... behind!

 

[mccardey]

Why don't we start taxing them proportionally

Wash your mouth.

 

[Friendly Frog]

*don't say 'make me', don't say 'make me', don't say 'make me'*

 

[Marian Perera]

I read the most recent headline too fast, and thought it said, "BBC Presenters Instructed to Coddle Transpeople."

So I thought, "That's ridiculous, no one is asking to be coddled, trans people just want to be treated the same as cis people, is that really so much... oh, wait. Never mind."

 

[RedRajah]

Disney Shareholders Reject Anti-Trans Policy In High-Stakes Annual Meeting​

Anti-trans advocates failed to pass a measure at Disney’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday amid the company’s largest, most expensive and contentious proxy contest in recent history.
Today, Chloe Cole, a 19-year-old who has spent much of the last two years testifying in support of legislation to ban gender-affirming care for minors, urged Walt Disney Co. shareholders to vote for a proposal to force the company to pay for services for people who choose to detransition.
Cole spoke as an advocate for Do No Harm, a group of conservative medical professionals who are skeptical of gender-affirming care, and presented the proposal on behalf of the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative group that challenges what they see as abuse and corruption in government and business.

 

[Roxxsmom]

Bah, there are plenty of people who would object to being called 'transphobic' because they're not scared of no weirdos, but who would not object to someone calling them 'anti-trans'.

I hate it when people get pedantic about word meanings without really understanding the words they are getting pedantic about.

Are these folks going to stand up in chemistry class and object to the word "hydrophobic" being applied to lipid molecules because molecules aren't alive and therefore can't be afraid of something?

But these folks don't want to admit or own their hate because they don't want to accept the consequences (even if those consequences are people asking tough questions in interviews or dismissing them as assholes).