I attended a recent meeting of my Republican town committee.
I find politicians on both sides of the fence to be highly objectionable, but I vote Republican because they are a tiny bit less objectionable than the Democrats
At that meeting, I had to stand there, and listen to ignorant, rude, abusive comments about trans people. At least in today's society, ignorant people watch their mouths around black people and other groups who have political power. Many people still call black people the N word, but they don't dare use it in public. Trans people are not accorded the same level of civility. People can make rude, nasty comments while they are actually looking at me, and no one says a word.
So after listening to this nonsense all night, I posted on the RTC website, that this sort of ignorant, bigoted, rude commentary was beneath such an august body. I said that it was obvious that people didn't understand the issue, and that although I didn't expect them to accept the other side, I at least thought that they should be exposed to it. It's like when liberals talk about banning assault weapons. They don't really understand the issue enough to make an intelligent decision.
I've made presentations about gender to hospital staffers, universities and business groups, and offered to make that presentation to educate. I didn't expect anyone to agree with me, but I wanted people to hear the other side, instead of assuming that everything coming out of the mouths of Glen Beck, Fox News and the rest is accurate.
The response? We don't want to hear your presentation. We have our minds made up. We know the facts, and we're not going to waste our time. If you don't like the insults, don't attend.
The message was that they were doing as much as they needed by letting me live, and I should show my appreciation by going back into the closet so they don't have to deal with it.
You can make all the comments about pronouns, gender, and trans people you want. You can guffaw about homos, sucking dicks, and faggots. Those kind of comments are a regular feature on this board.
The reality is that you are intentionally ignorant, clueless, and worse, impervious to any care that you are hurting other people who never did anything to you.
It's no different than the idiots who make inane comments about guns, black rifles, silencers, and short barrel rifles.