Sorry CF3, that was a low blow, and I apologize. Got on a little bit of a roll there. I guess I just haven’t seen you making much of an argument in support of your point of view, unless your point of view is just simply “I realize that banning trans women from competing in women’s sports will benefit a very small population, and I realize it will have a much more profound negative effect on an already at-risk and marginalized group of people, and I’m okay with that because…reasons”
Like as far as I know I’ve never met you IRL but you seem like a genuine, rational and kind person, and I’m pretty sure that you and I would get along just fine if we were to ever hang out…and for those reasons I’m trying to listen to your perspective because I don’t think you’re just a hate spewing bigot.
I’m hoping that what’s going on here, is that you know deep down in your heart that you are just a conservative by nature, and you also acknowledge that there is no room in the current Republican Party for any sort of compassion or humanity for trans people (I say this based on how they vote for legislation), so you are trying to find some justification for that point of view bc at the end of the day you aren’t going to change your vote and thus you realize that your are actively standing up to be counted with those who would happily snuff out the entire portion of the population. I would probably be doing the exact same thing if I was in your shoes, and good on you for at least taking a good hard look at it instead of just pretending it’s not a thing
